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Gastroschisis is a malformation of the abdominal wall like omphalocele. In most cases, gastroschisis is isolated. But in some cases, we find malformations, essentially minor and concern gastrointestinal or genitourinary systems. Association with craniofacial congenital midline defects is uncommon. We report 3 cases of association between gastroschisis and cleft lip and palate for the benefit of the scientific community. Two 0-day-old and a 1-day newborns were admitted in our institution for malformation of face and abdominal wall. The physical examination confirmed the association of gastroschisis and cleft lip and palate. The patients underwent primary closure. Other malformations could not be sought until all patients died.

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Introduction: Bladder exstrophy is a major malformation in paediatric urology. The treatment results are not still completely satisfactory, and their management is an enormous problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. While outlining our challenges, we report our management experience to improve our results. Subjects and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients undergoing surgical repair of classic bladder exstrophy at our department between January 2010 and December 2019 (10 years). Epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and evolution data were analysed. Results: Twenty-five children with classic bladder exstrophy were treated. Our series included 16 boys and 9 girls with a sex ratio of 1.7. Age ranged from 0 day to 6 years. Twenty-five bladder closures were performed, associated to pelvic osteotomy in 11 cases. Epispadias repair was performed on nine boys. Eight cases of bladder neck reconstruction and three cases of bladder enlargement were performed. We observed six bladder fistulas, four wound dehiscence, of which three partial, two parietal suppurations and six cases of urinary tract infection. Eight children had a continence of 1–2 h. Conclusion: The treatment of bladder exstrophy in our context is still limited because of financial difficulties encountered by the population and the insufficient technical platform in our country.