Prevalence of gastroschisis and its neonatal mortality in the Eastern Cape Province tertiary institutions

• Egile Nagusiak: Sello S Machaea (Egilea), Milind R Chitnis (Egilea), Phumza Nongena (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Context: Gastroschisis is a common abdominal wall defect faced by paediatric surgeons worldwide. Early gastroschisis detection, access to improved neonatal intensive care, parenteral nutrition and surgical techniques have led to a reported improvement in mortality of between 4% and 8% in high-income...