TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Gastroschisis and Omphalocele
A1  - Kastenberg, Zachary
A1  - Dutta, Sanjeev
A2  - Stevenson, David K.
A2  - Cohen, Ronald S.
A2  - Sunshine, Philip
PY  - 2015
T2  - Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures
AB  - Gastroschisis  and  omphalocele  (also  referred  to  as  exomphalos)  are  2  of  the  most  common  abdominal  wall  defects  requiring  neonatal  intensive  care.  Their  similarities,  most  notably  evisceration  of  abdominal  structures  through  a  defect  at  or  near  the  umbilicus,  misled  generations  of  physicians  and  surgeons  to  inaccurately  diagnose  them  as  a  single  common  disease.  The  pathologic  differences  between  these  2  entities  were  formally  realized  when,  in  1953,  Thomas  Moore  and  George  Stokes  defined  gastroschisis  as  a  large  extraumbilical  evisceration  of  intestines  without  a  covering  sac.  They  distinguished  this  from  omphalocele,  which  was  defined  as  the  herniation  of  viscera  into  the  base  of  the  umbilical  cord  with  a  protective  membranous  sac.1  The  establishment  of  gastroschisis  and  omphalocele  as  2  distinct  pathologies  with  their  own  specific  anatomic  features  and  associated  anomalies  provides  the  basis  for  our  management  of  these  defects  today.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/24
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1109794322
ER  -