Short and long-term outcomes of children born with abdominal wall defects

Thesis

Background

Very occasionally, when a fetus is developing in the womb, problems occur with the normal processes controlling closure of the muscles of the abdominal wall and, as a result, some of the abdominal contents develop outside of the body. This is known as an abdominal wall defect. If the pregnancy continues to term, the newborn infant will need specialised surgical care. This situation occurs so infrequently that even a dedicated surgical centre will care for very few ...

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Authors: Long, A

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-6qppmawzb
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Neonatal Surgery; Paediatric Surgery; Gastroschisis; Surgical outcomes; BAPS-CASS; Long-term outcomes; Abdominal wall defects; Exomphalos
• Subjects: Exomphalos; Neonatal Surgery; Surgical outcomes; Gastroschisis; Paediatric Surgery; Abdominal wall defects; Long-term outcomes