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Fetal and Neonatal Outcome in Patients with Anterior Abdominal Wall Defects (Gastroschisis and Omphalocele) by Ingolf Juhasz-Böss; Rangmar Goelz; Erich-Franz Solomayer; Jörg Fuchs; Gabriele Meyberg-Solomayer is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Fetuses with gastroschisis and omphalocele frequently show intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). The aim of our study was to evaluate the intrauterine course of IUGR and the neonatal outcome in a large patient collective. We retrospectively included all euploid fetuses with gastroschisis and omphalocele between 2001 and 2009 in a single tertiary center. Patients ' characteristics, serial ultrasound examinations and neonatal outcomes were evaluated. From 39 fetuses (28 gastroschisis, 11 omphalocele) 61.5 % had IUGR < 5 th percentile and 15.4 % had IUGR < 10 th percentile. The rate of IUGR did not differ signifi cantly between the two groups during pregnancy. Newborns with gastroschisis showed an average weight of 2386 g, and those with omphalocele showed an average weight of 3148 g (P < 0.001). Nevertheless, newborns with omphalocele were more frequently eutrophic than those with gastroschisis (88.8 % vs. 52.2 % , P = 0.079). On average, only one surgical intervention was necessary for the defi nitive repair of the defect (65.5% of the newborns). Children with gastroschisis remained hospitalized nearly twice as long as children with an omphalocele (38 vs. 20 days). IUGR rates duri

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Author

Ingolf Juhasz-Böss; Rangmar Goelz; Erich-Franz Solomayer; Jörg Fuchs; Gabriele Meyberg-Solomayer

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)