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  • EARLY REPAIR OF OMPHALOCELE ON NEONATES

    Omphalocele is a less common congenitalmalformation in neonates and belongs to the realm of emergent surgical treatment. Early repair is of crucial importance for saving the patient s life. Ten neonates with omphalocele have undergone early surgical repair since 1988. The overall result was satisfactory. There were 8boys and 2 girls. The time of operation ranged from one to fortyeight hours after birth (24 hours in 8 cases). All of them were term neonates, except in onecase being premature. None of them had rupture of the sac membrane. The minor and major omphalocele were in 8 and 2 cases, respectively. Five cases accompaniedwith other congenital malformations (1 to 3 kinds). One case of them was complicated by exompholos-macroglossia-gigantism (EMG syndrome). Nine cases were treated by primary stage of surgical repair. One case with major omphalocelehad undergone two-staged operation. Nine neonates were survived and only onedied of pneumonia and scleroderma postoperatively. The patients were followed up for 3 months to 5 years, 9 cases were satisfactory. Early surgical repairwas essential to successful treatment. The choice of surgical methods, the management of concomittant malformation in the alimentary tract and the factors influencing the prognosis were discussed.

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