Does staged closure have a worse prognosis in gastroschisis?

INTRODUCTION: Correction of gastroschisis can be accomplished by primary or staged closure. There is, however, no consensus regarding the best approach or criteria to favor one method over the other has been established. OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcome of primary and staged closure in newborns wit...

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Main Authors: Augusto Frederico Schmidt, Anderson Gonçalves, Joaquim Murray Bustorff-Silva, Antônio Gonçalves Oliveira Filho, Sergio Tadeu Marba, Lourenco Sbragia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000400007