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Left-Sided Gastroschisis : Two Case Reports in Ratchaburi Hospital
Thepcharoennirund S 
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, Rat-
chaburi 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 I year follow-up the patients remain asymptomatic.
Key
word
: Left-Sided Gastroschisis
cases of gastroschisis were treated at the Pediatric Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Rat-
chaburi 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 I year follow-up the patients remain asymptomatic.
Key
word
: Left-Sided Gastroschisis
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