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A male term infant with birth weight 2.50 kg was transferred to our centre for surgical management of suspected gastroschisis. Examination revealed low body temperature 35.6°C, moderate dehydration and a 4 cm bowel loop protruding out of the abdomen immediately adjacent to the umbilical cord and encircled by the umbilical ring. There was no covering sac and the exposed bowel appeared dusky (figure 1). After fluid resuscitation and initial stabilisation, emergency operation revealed a …
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Contributorship LCNC: drafting of the manuscript; critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. YHT: technical and material support; critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. HSL: critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; study supervision. KHL: technical and material support; critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. PCN: critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; study supervision.
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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
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