Staged Closure of Giant Omphalocele using Synthetic Mesh

Giant omphalocele is difficult to manage and is associated with a poor outcome. A male newborn presented to our hospital with a giant omphalocele. We performed a staged closure of giant omphalocele using synthetic mesh to construct a silo and then mesh abdominoplasty in the neonatal period that led...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Parida, Lalit, Pal, Kamalesh, Al Buainain, Hussah, Elshafei, Hossam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374794
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Sumario:Giant omphalocele is difficult to manage and is associated with a poor outcome. A male newborn presented to our hospital with a giant omphalocele. We performed a staged closure of giant omphalocele using synthetic mesh to construct a silo and then mesh abdominoplasty in the neonatal period that led to a successful outcome within a reasonable period of hospital stay.

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