title: Successful vaginal delivery following laparoscopic abdominal wall reconstruction in an adult survivor of an omphalocele without prior surgical repair: report of a case.
abstract: We report the case of a successful vaginal delivery following laparoscopic abdominal wall reconstruction in an adult survivor of an omphalocele without prior surgical repair. Untreated omphaloceles are rare in adulthood. A 30-year-old female patient presented with a large anterior abdominal wall defect due to an untreated omphalocele, who expressed a desire to have a baby in the near future. A laparoscopic herniorrhaphy was performed with a double-layered expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE, Gore-Tex) mesh. The patient delivered a full-term healthy baby vaginally 2 years after surgical repair of the omphalocele.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Korea University, 126-1 5th-Ga, Anam-Dong Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-705, South Korea.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Boo
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D017741:Survivors; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014621:Vagina