title: Hernia of umbilical cord: report of three unusual cases.
abstract: Congenital hernia of umbilical cord is a less frequent entity in newborns and occasionally associated with other maladies. Herein, we report three unusual cases of hernia of umbilical cord. First case was associated with in-utero evisceration of entire small bowel through the presumably ruptured hernia of umbilical cord and other two cases had associated patent vitellointestinal duct (PVID). All of the cases were managed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Afzal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saleem
keywords: Colonic stenosis; Evisceration of bowel; Hernia of umbilical cord; Intestinal atresia; Neonatal intestinal obstruction; Patent vitellointestinal duct