Treatment of giant omphalocele by enlargement of the abdominal cavity with a tissue expander

Even in the absence of major associated anomalies, treatment of giant omphaloceles is difficult primarily because of the disproportion between the large volume of the omphalocele and the small volume of the intraabdominal cavity. The case of a child is presented in whom conservative treatment had to...

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Published inJournal of pediatric surgery Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1181 - 1184
Main Authors Bax, N.M.A., van der Zee, D.C., Pull ter Gunne, A.J., Rövekamp, M.H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.1993
Subjects
Abdomen - surgery
Female
Hernia, Umbilical - surgery
Hernia, Umbilical - therapy
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Tissue Expansion
Tissue Expansion Devices
Omphalocele
tissue expansion
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Summary:Even in the absence of major associated anomalies, treatment of giant omphaloceles is difficult primarily because of the disproportion between the large volume of the omphalocele and the small volume of the intraabdominal cavity. The case of a child is presented in whom conservative treatment had to be abandoned. Reduction of the omphalocele contents and closure of the defect was successfully accomplished after a 19-day period of enlargement of the abdominal cavity by means of an intraabdominally placed tissue expander.
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ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/0022-3468(93)90160-M