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Patient's condition at the delivery.
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A currently 18-month-old boy, a product of a full-term vaginal delivery following an uneventful pregnancy with a birth weight of 3000 g, was referred to our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) due to a ventral abdominal wall defect in the periumbilical region:gastroschisis (Figure 1) at the age of one day.
Reduction of the bowels into the abdominal cavity using a silo bag.
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During this time and on subsequent stages, we moved the bowels slowly inside the abdominal cavity and put clamps onto the silo bag to keep bowels in place (Figures 2 and 3).
X-ray of the silo bag inside the neonate.
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During this time and on subsequent stages, we moved the bowels slowly inside the abdominal cavity and put clamps onto the silo bag to keep bowels in place (Figures 2 and 3).
Granulation tissue formation and cosmetic closure of the defect.
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It made a more cosmetic appearance with a minimally visible scar (Figure 4).
Picture of the abdominal scar after 18 months.
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There were no abdominal hernias (Figure 5).