Left-Sided Gastroschisis : Two Case Reports in Ratchaburi Hospital

SOMCHAI THEPCHAROENNIRUND, M.D., F.R.C.S. T. *

Affiliation : * Pediatric Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Ratchaburi Hospital. Ratchaburi 70000, Thailand. t Presented at the 23'd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand. 8-11 July 1998. the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand.

AbstractLeft-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.

Keywords : Left-Sided Gastroschisis

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