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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1980; 3(3):139-143

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1980.3.3.139

Case Report

Gastroschisis

Chang Dae Doo, Ok Kyung Kim
Corresponding author: Ok Young Kim. Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1980. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Gastroshisis is a rare congenital defect demanding urgent surgical correction. It is a full thickness cleft of the abdominal wall next to the insertion of the cord through which the intestines are eviserated. The characteristics which differentiate gastroschisis from omphalocele are the extra-umbilical location of the abdominal wall defect, the normal insertion of the umbilical cord, and the abscence of a covering sac or its ruptured remnants.

The child had unevenful postoperative course and has grow up normal and healthy. This paper is concerned with our experience of a survival case and reviewed the embryo-logy, pathology, associated anormalities, and the current concepts in the management of gastroschisis in the literatures.