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Am J Perinatol 1991; 8(5): 323-329
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999406
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© 1991 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Counseling and Care for the Pregnancy Complicated by Gastroschisis

Nancy C. Chescheir, Richard G. Azizkhan, John W. Seeds, Stuart R. Lacey, William J. Watson
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Department of General Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Twenty-one consecutive cases of fetal and neonatal gastroschisis were retrospectively reviewed. There was 100% survival if major nonintestinal malformations did not coexist; however, 28.6% of these patients had other major malformations and 66% of them died. There were significantly fewer small for gestational age infants if the defect was diagnosed prenatally (20% versus 75%, p <0.003). There was a 60% cesarean delivery rate in prenatally diagnosed infants and 0% if diagnosis occurred at delivery (p <0.01).

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