A multi‐country study of prevalence and early childhood mortality among children with omphalocele

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Authors

Wendy N. Nembhard · Arkansas Children's Hospital

Jorieke E. H. Bergman · University Medical Center Groningen

Maria D. Politis · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Jazmín Arteaga‐Vázquez · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Eva Bermejo · Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Mark A. Canfield · Texas Department of State Health Services

Janet D. Cragan

Abstract

The prevalence of omphalocele showed no temporal change from 2000-2012. Approximately one-third of children with omphalocele did not survive early childhood with most deaths occurring in the neonatal period.

Topics & Keywords

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Urological Disorders and Treatments Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Birth Defects Research

Volume 112, Issue 20, pp. 1787-1801

DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1822

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