title: Two cases of left-sided gastroschisis: review of the literature.
abstract: In gastroschisis, the opening is almost always to the right of the umbilicus, although eight cases of left-sided gastroschisis have been reported in the literature. We encountered two additional cases of left-sided gastroschisis. One was treated successfully, but the another child died. We report the present two these two cases and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, Japan. yoshioka812@aol.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muguruma
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D020139:Gastroschisis / Q000196:embryology / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn