Left Lateral Gastroschisis with Liver Agenesis

Abstract

Abstract:Gastroschisis is a ventral body wall defect causing herniation of abdominal contents through para-median abdominal wall defect. The incidence is 1/20,000 live births. Various hypotheses are proposed but most of the authors support the hypothesis of failure of mesoderm to form body wall. Gastroschisis typically occurs to right of umbilicus, with very few cases of left sided gastroschisis reported in literature. We report a left lateral gastroschisis with concurrent complete liver agenesis, rudimentary left lung and left pulmonary artery.

Left-Sided Gastroschisis: Case Report and Some Anatomic and Technical Considerations

“…This patient was not an exception, her intraabdominal pressure remained low as it was demonstrated by a low airway pressure during the operative time and her extubation at the end of the operation. Though the acquired knowledge of left-sided gastroschisis is considerable, its aetiology remains obscure and pathogenesis controversial as there are no answers for its incidence [28][29][30][31][32]. The economic burden of gastroschisis on countries with high natality rates is conspicuous and the measures to prevent it concealed [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43].…”