Abdominal wall defects, gastroschisis and omphalocele

Authors

Kevin Johnson, University of Florida, United States
Saleem Islam, University of Florida, United StatesFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Edition

1

ISBN

9783030510664

Editor

Martin Lacher, Shawn D. St. Peter, Augusto Zani

Publication (Name of Journal)

Pearls and Tricks in Pediatric Surgery

Department

Paediatric Surgery

Publisher

Springer Cham

City

Switzerland

Abstract

Abdominal Wall Defects comprise of two distinct entities, gastroschisis and omphalocele . While often considered together, these congenital anomalies are quite different and pose unique management issues. These issues will be discussed in this chapter.

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, K., Islam, S. (2020). Abdominal wall defects, gastroschisis and omphalocele. Pearls and Tricks in Pediatric Surgery, 125-129.
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