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Doo and Kim: Gastroschisis
Case Report

The Ewha Medical Journal 1980; 3(3): 139-143.

Published online: 24 July 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1980.3.3.139

Gastroschisis

Chang Dae Doo, M.D., Ok Kyung Kim, M.D.

Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Ok Young Kim. Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright © 1980. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

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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.

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