A serious birth defect is appearing in maternity wards with increasing frequency, and experts do not know why, federal researchers reported Thursday. Infants with the defect, called gastroschisis, are ...

New findings demonstrate a link between the birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine. Gastroschisis is a type of inherited congenital abdominal wall defect in which the ...

What if your baby was born with some of its internal organs outside the body? You may not have heard of gastroschisis before, and therefore think it’s a rare condition. But rates of this birth defect ...

After being married just a few months, Bryan and Casey Kirsch, both 36, were overjoyed to find out they were pregnant with their first child. It was 2010 and the Hoboken, N.J., couple was enjoying a ...

Scientists have designed a prosthesis made of silicon and polypropylene shaped like an "upside down T" that substantially reduces cases of incisional hernias. A hernia is produced when the content of ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pediatric surgeons at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have adopted a sutureless technique for treating gastroschisis, a birth defect in which the bowels protrude through a hole in ...

Can a single-stage repair of a contaminated abdominal wall defect be safely performed using a biodegradable biologic mesh? The authors presented the results from a series of 128 patients who all had ...

Giant omphalocele and related abdominal wall defects represent a formidable spectrum of congenital anomalies characterised by the herniation of abdominal contents through the base of the umbilical ...

Abdominal wall hernia disease is often a complex problem and the treatment options are numerous, especially with the ongoing development of new prosthetic materials or tacking devices. As such, a ...