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AMERICAN PEDIATRICS HEALTHCARE &
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONGRESS
Pediatric Healthcare & Pediatric Infections 2017
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bdominal wall defects in newborns have an incidence of
approximately 1:2000 live births and are considered to
be the result out of a failure in the embryonic development
sequence when the physiological umbilical cord herniation
of the viscera fails to return back into the abdominal cavity
before the 11th week of gestational age. The most common
types are “gastroschisis” and “omphalocele”. In Germany,
these babies are usually deliverd in a Level I Perinatal Centre
and treated right from the beginning by an interdisciplinary
team of obstetricians, neonatologist, NICU nurses, pediatric
anesthetists and pediatric surgeons. Soon after stabilization
of the newborn, usually surgical closure of the defect
follows. For this closure several different techniques do exist
in our neonatal surgical textbooks. In this communication an
overwiew about these surgical techniques is given based on
a lecture series held in our institution for all staff members
involved. In a short appendix a novel technique with its
advantages und disadvantages is discussed and shared with
the audience.
e:
andreas.fette@gmx.deAbdominal wall defects in newborns: A pediatric surgeon’s view point on post-partum care
Fette Andreas
1, 2
1
SBK Klinikum, Germany
2
University of Pecs, Hungary