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Gastroschisis—an overview
Author(s) -
Hunter Alyson,
Soothill Peter
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.414
Subject(s) - obstetrics and gynaecology , medicine , unit (ring theory) , library science , obstetrics , pregnancy , psychology , genetics , biology , mathematics education , computer science
Gastroschisis is an increasingly common malformation with unique fetal complications. Although it is usually an isolated defect, gastroschisis has a significant mortality rate of 5–10%. Complications include bowel damage, but growth retardation, oligohydramnios and fetal distress in labour are also common. There have been recent data that may help explain some of these observations, which will be reviewed in this article.