Combined Staged Surgery and Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Closure of a Giant Omphalocele [PDF]
Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2021 The management of giant omphaloceles had always been a point of interest for the pediatric surgeons. Many surgical techniques were proposed, but none of them succeeded to become the standard procedure in closing the congenital abdominal defect.
Vlad Laurentiu David +7 more
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Giant omphalocele associated pulmonary hypertension: A retrospective study [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 BackgroundOmphalocele is a common congenital defect of the abdominal wall, management of giant omphalocele (GO) is particularly for pediatric surgeons and neonatologists worldwide. The current study aimed to review and summarize the clinical features and
Tai-Xiang Liu +4 more
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Combined negative pressure wound therapy with irrigation and dwell time and artificial dermis prevents infection and promotes granulation formation in a ruptured giant omphalocele: a case report [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Omphalocele is a congenital abdominal wall defect of the umbilical cord insertion site. A giant omphalocele, with a fascial defect > 5 cm in diameter and/or containing > 50% of the liver within the hernia sac, can be challenging for pediatric ...
Yoichi Nakagawa +12 more
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Mortality in neonates with giant omphalocele subjected to a surgical technique in Barranquilla, Colombia from 1994 to 2019 [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 No studies of the efficacy and safety of surgical techniques for the primary closure of giant omphalocele have been performed in Colombia. To determine the mortality rate and factors associated with mortality in neonates with giant omphalocele subjected ...
Alexander Barrios-Sanjuanelo +2 more
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Giant omphalocele with right lung agenesia and bronchial tracheal hypoplasia: A case report [PDF]
Radiology Case ReportsThe omphalocele is an abdominal wall defect at the base of the umbilical cord, with the worldwide prevalence of 2.6 per 10,000 births. Omphalocele contains herniated abdominal organs and is classified in small and giant based on the size of the defect ...
Giuseppe De Bernardo +4 more
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A Novel Surgical Approach for the Management of Cloacal Exstrophy with a Giant Omphalocele [PDF]
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2021 Cloacal exstrophy is a rare malformation that presents as a lower midline abdominal wall defect which affects the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems.
Caitlin A. Smith +4 more
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Giant omphalocele closure utilizing botulinum toxin
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020 An omphalocele is a rare congenital abdominal wall defect of the umbilical ring. A giant omphalocele is typically defined as 5 cm or larger. Here we present a case of utilizing botulinum toxin to aid in closure of a giant omphalocele.
Jessica L. Rauh, Leah M. Sieren
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Combined negative pressure wound therapy with new wound dressings to repair a ruptured giant omphalocele in a neonate: a case report and literature review [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Current treatment of giant omphalocele in newborns is not standardized. The main treatments include one-time repair and staged surgery using synthetic and biologic mesh, or silos.
Shulin Hou +5 more
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Abdominal wall defect repair with component separation technique for giant omphalocele with previous relaxing incisions on the abdominal skin [PDF]
Surgical Case Reports, 2023 Background The repair of large abdominal wall defects that cannot be closed primarily is quite challenging. The component separation technique (CST) is a surgical approach using autologous tissue to close large abdominal wall defects.
Makoto Matsukubo +15 more
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Giant Omphalocele Complicated by Postoperative Duodenal Obstruction. [PDF]
APSP J Case Rep, 2017 Omphalocele is a congenital defect in the abdominal wall, usually treated at birth or within 1-2 years of life depending on condition of patient and size and contents of the defect. We repaired a giant omphalocele without mesh in a 9-year-old girl. She developed duodenal obstruction in the postoperative period requiring another laparotomy and duodeno ...
Ojha S, Parashar S, Doshi D, Bansal RK.
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