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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep 1;5(3):27.
eCollection 2014 Sep.

Staged Closure of Giant Omphalocele using Synthetic Mesh

Lalit Parida  1 , Kamalesh Pal  2 , Hussah Al Buainain  2 , Hossam Elshafei  2
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Case Reports

Staged Closure of Giant Omphalocele using Synthetic Mesh

Lalit Parida et al. APSP J Case Rep. .

Abstract

Giant omphalocele is difficult to manage and is associated with a poor outcome. A male newborn presented to our hospital with a giant omphalocele. We performed a staged closure of giant omphalocele using synthetic mesh to construct a silo and then mesh abdominoplasty in the neonatal period that led to a successful outcome within a reasonable period of hospital stay.

Keywords: Giant omphalocele; Silo; Staged closure; Synthetic mesh.

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Figure 1:Daily sequential reduction of synthetic mesh silo content
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Figure 2:Complete closure of giant omphalocele
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