Facts about Gastroschisis

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Gastroschisis (pronounced gas-troh-skee-sis) is a birth defect of the abdominal wall. The baby’s intestines are found outside of the baby’s body, exiting through a hole beside the belly button.

Resources Birth Outcomes and Water

Pediatric Gastroschisis

Gastroschisis Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Gastroschisis prevalence substantially decreased from 2009 through 2018 after a 3-fold increase from 1997 to 2008 - ScienceDirect

Outcome and management in neonates with gastroschisis in the third millennium—a single-centre observational study

Gastroschisis, Conditions

Gastroschisis vs. Omphalocele: What's the Difference?

Characteristics of newborns with gastroschisis delivered at HEODRA

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Gastroschisis Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Surgical outcomes of Gastroschisis in relation to pre-natal

Gastroschisis is shown; note the fact that the defect is to the right

Gastroschisis: symptoms, causes, treatment, medicine, prevention

Uncommon birth defect appears in 3 babies in homes on 1 road

PDF) Data Quality Assessment on Congenital Anomalies in Ontario