Spontaneous gastric perforation is a rare entity in neonates. We report a case of spontaneous gastric perforation in a neonate operated for in-utero rupture of omphalocele.

Background: An omphalocele is a rare congenital malformation characterized by the protrusion of abdominal contents through base umbilical cord. A defect in midline abdomen results being covered membranous sac near cord, which ultimately failure organs to return cavity early gestational stages and development an omphalocele. This study aimed address diagnosis, medical-surgical management, treatm...

In this case report, we describe a case of large omphalocele in which spleen was one of the contents in addition to the liver and bowel.

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...

Omphalocele and gastroschisis are recognized as congenital malformations with a high mortality. Only 60% of children with such malformations survive until the end of the first year of age. It has been suggested that omphalocele and gastroschisis are associated with other congenital malformations, concerning the bones, the heart and the kidney. The aim of the present study is to determine the ri...

BACKGROUND Omphalocele is a congenital abnormality whose prognosis has improved significantly over the last few decades, reaching a survival rate of 80-90% in developed countries. Currently, in Romania no comprehensive study on the incidence, treatment, and survival of patients with this defect of the anterior abdominal wall has been carried out. METHODS This retrospective analytical study wa...

Despite prenatal diagnosis, maternal transport and early perinatal treatment in specialized hospitals, improvement in overall mortality has not been observed among newborns with abdominal wall defects (omphalocele and gastroschisis). A comparison has been made, for both anomalies, between 55 cases treated in the periods 1967-1979 and 30 treated in the periods 1980-1985. In this last group 14 pr...