Table 2

Details of birth and initial hospital stay

Initial scan diagnosisSuspected isolated omphalocele n=14Suspected omphalocele + other abnormality n=4Suspected isolated
gastroschisis n=34
Median weeks’ gestation at delivery383637
Vaginal delivery 8 316
Caesarean section 6  118
Birthweight centile  6
 <10 2 216
 10–<50 4  114
 50–90 3 1 4
 >90 5 0 0
Length of initial hospital stay
 <28 days 8 1 (NND)17 (1NND)
 >1–4 months  5  314
 >6 months  1   0 2
Additional congenital anomalies noted after birth 7  4  2
(6 BWS; 1 diaphragmatic hernia, pentalogy of
Cantrell variant)
(1 cloacal extrophy; 3 features of pentalogy of Cantrell)(1 Congenital heart disease-NND after surgery; 1 VSD
closed spontaneously)