Gastroschisis is a congenital defect of the abdominal wall involving evisceration of abdominal contents. The incidence of gastroschisis is approximately 1.4 per 10,000 pregnancies and is rarely ...

After being married just a few months, Bryan and Casey Kirsch, both 36, were overjoyed to find out they were pregnant with their first child. It was 2010 and the Hoboken, N.J., couple was enjoying a ...

When Redding resident Brianne Jacobsen was 20 weeks pregnant, her ultrasound revealed that her unborn child had an omphalocele, a birth defect of the abdominal wall in which the intestines and organs ...

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Obtaining accurate data on the frequency of abdominal wall defects is complicated by the fact that, in a certain proportion of cases, the pregnancy is ended by elective termination. Estimates of the ...

After meeting in high school and marrying a few years later, Aimee and Clark Kleinman were ready to start their family. Conceiving their first child was a little more challenging than they expected, ...

Gastroschisis, a congenital abdominal wall defect, has transformed from a uniformly fatal condition to one with a 95% survival rate through surgical advancements over the past six decades. The primary ...

a). Midgut normal rotation. Note the foregut is coloured green, midgut as yellow and hind gut is having red color. b). Midgut malrotation with all of the small bowel on the right side, ileocecal ...

Gastroschisis, a birth defect where the intestines develop outside the belly can be treated with early detection and advanced surgery. Gastroschisis is a birth defect with a hole in the abdominal wall ...