It is a condition where there is a defect or gap in the middle of the baby's abdominal wall at the base of the umbilical cord. This allows part of the baby's intestines or bowel and sometimes liver to protrude through the gap into the base of the umbilical cord giving it a rather balloon-like appearance Neonatology on the Web by Neonatology on the Web Comparison of Omphalocele and Gastroschisis. Anterior abdominal wall defect by Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D., Children's Hospital of Iowa. It may be fundamentally the same as omphalocele, which is defined by the same source as 'protrusion, at birth, of part of the intestine through a large defect in the anterior abdominal wall at the umbilicus, the protruding bowel being covered only by a thin transparent membrane composed of amnion and peritoneum Both omphalocele and gastroschisis, when they occur without other malformations, are probably multifactorial Experience suggests that some cases of gastroschisis and omphalocele may have the same genetic basis Gastroschisis, familial recurrence by Kimberly J. Maness, BA et al. Paraomphalocele, laparoschisis, abdominoschisis Fissure of the abdominal wall not involving the site of insertion of the umbilical cord and usually accompanied by protrusion of the small and part of the large intestine.
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