title: Giant exomphalos--conservative or operative treatment?
abstract: The rate of survival for infants with intact giant exomphatos has much improved during the last 20 years; this is partly due to better respiratory and nutritional support. The use of a staged operative closure using a sialon prosthesis has been advocated for 12 years, but our data do not show this to be superior to nonoperative management.
mesh_terms: D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008622:Merbromin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D008622:Merbromin