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. 1993 Apr;28(4):584-90.
doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(93)90666-9.

Musculoskeletal involvement in children with gastroschisis and omphalocele

R T Loder  1 , J P Guiboux
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Musculoskeletal involvement in children with gastroschisis and omphalocele

R T Loder et al. J Pediatr Surg. 1993 Apr.
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Abstract

A review of 58 children with gastroschisis and 8 children with omphalocele showed 14 musculoskeletal problems in 11 children. These problems consisted of limb deformities in 6 children, spinal deformities in 4 children, and osteopenia in 3 children, with 1 of the osteopenic children developing pathological fractures. About one third (5/14) of the problems were arthrogrypotic in nature. The remainder were mild digital deformities, developmental or spondylodysplastic scolioses, and, rarely, congenital spinal deformities.

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