Ewha Med J.
1980 Sep;3(3):139-143. 10.12771/emj.1980.3.3.139.
Gastroschisis (Report of a Survival Case)
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
- KMID: 1969578
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1980.3.3.139
Abstract
- Gastroshisis is a rare congenital defect demanding urgent surgical correction. It is a full thickness cleft of the abdominal wall next to the insertion of the cord through which the intestines are eviserated. The characteristics which differentiate gastroschisis from omphalocele are the extra-umbilical location of the abdominal wall defect, the normal insertion of the umbilical cord, and the abscence of a covering sac or its ruptured remnants. The child had unevenful postoperative course and has grow up normal and healthy. This paper is concerned with our experience of a survival case and reviewed the embryo-logy, pathology, associated anormalities, and the current concepts in the management of gastroschisis in the literatures.
