TY - JOUR AU - Okoro, Philemon E. AU - Ngaikedi, Charles PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/15 TI - Outcome of management of gastroschisis: comparison of improvised surgical silo and extended right hemicolectomy JO - Annals of Pediatric Surgery SP - 5 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Gastroschisis is onea of the major abdominal wall defects encountered commonly in pediatric surgery. Whereas complete reduction and abdominal closure is achieved easily sometimes, a daunting situation arises when the eviscerated bowel loops and other viscera cannot be returned immediately into the abdominal cavity. This situation is a major contributor to the outcome of the treatment of gastroschisis in our region. In our efforts to improve our outcome, we have adopted the technique of extended right hemicolectomy for cases where complete reduction and primary abdominal wall closure is otherwise not possible. This study compared the management outcome of gastroschisis using our improvised silo, and performing an extended right hemicolectomy. SN - 2090-5394 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s43159-019-0012-x DO - 10.1186/s43159-019-0012-x ID - Okoro2020 ER -