title: Contemporary postnatal surgical management strategies for congenital abdominal wall defects.
abstract: Early definitive closure of abdominal wall defects is possible in most cases. Staged reduction does offer distinct advantages, and mortality and morbidity may be better. Risk stratification may produce outcome and tailor management of difficult cases in the form of a clinical pathway. Stem cell technology may, in the future, offer the ideal allogenic prosthesis in complex cases.
authors.affiliation: Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Western Bank, United Kingdom. sean.marven@sch.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marven
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000002:abnormalities*; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D020139:Gastroschisis / Q000601:surgery*; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000601:surgery*; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007422:Intestines / Q000002:abnormalities; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014781:Viscera / Q000601:surgery