Left-sided gastroschisis: two case reports in Ratchaburi Hospital.
Left-sided gastroschisis has rarely been reported. From August 1987 to April 1998, 73 cases of gastroschisis were treated at the Pediatric Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Ratchaburi Hospital. The abdominal wall defect of only 2 cases occurred on the left side of the umbilicus. The 2 cases of left-sided gastroschisis were girls and were successfully treated by primary fascial closure. After 7 and 1 year follow-up the patients remain asymptomatic.
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Department of Surgery, Ratchaburi Hospital, Thailand.
D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020139:Gastroschisis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D013785:Thailand; D016896:Treatment Outcome