Musculoskeletal involvement in children with gastroschisis and omphalocele.
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.
Loder
R T
RT
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor.
Guiboux
J P
JP
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009139:Musculoskeletal Abnormalities; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies