“…These techniques allow gradual compression of the bowel into the abdomen over a period of days and facilitate early extubation. The neonate undergoes planned surgical closure 3-5 days later, or closure of the defect using adhesive strips once the bowel is fully reduced, depending on the silo technique used [ 207 ]. Use of the preformed silo may be associated with reduced ventilator days in the NICU [ 97 ], but this approach may also be associated with specifi c technical complications leading to venous congestion of the intestine and bowel ischemia [ 208 ].…”