Closed gastroschisis

Closed Gastroschisis

Closed gastroschisis is a rare entity usually associated with intestinal atresia and short bowel syndrome. We report two cases of closed gastroschisis presenting with neonatal intestinal obstruction and para-umbilical evisceration without an abdominal defect.

Closed Gastroschisis with Vanished Small Bowel and Jejunal Atresia

Pre-term (35 weeks) 1-day old (2.1kg) male child delivered by Caesarean section (in view of meconium stained liquor) presented with a fleshy red mass protruding from right side of umbilical cord since birth. Examination revealed soft mass (mummified mass of bowel) attached with abdominal wall just right to umbilical cord (Fig.1). Laboratory investigations were normal. Abdominal X-ray gave impre...

Gastroschisis

Exomphalos and Gastroschisis

Gastroschisis and omphalocele.

The newborn who has an abdominal wall defect is one of the most dramatic presentations in medicine and offers many challenging problems to the pediatric surgeon. This article presents the basics of the two most common abdominal wall defectsdgastroschisis and omphaloceledincluding principles and options of prenatal, postnatal, and surgical management. Although textbooks group the two entities to...