Sentence examples for ventral wall defect from inspiring English sources

Conclusion: Fetuses with an antenatal diagnosis of an isolated ventral wall defect may safely be delivered vaginally, and cesarean delivery should be performed for obstetric indications only.

Results: Between 1989 and 1999, we identified 102 infants with a confirmed antenatal diagnosis of an isolated ventral wall defect with either the diagnosis of an omphalocele or gastroschisis.

Objective: We sought to test the hypothesis that vaginal delivery compared with elective cesarean delivery results in improved neonatal outcome in fetuses with a known isolated ventral wall defect.

After we controlled for primary versus staged closure of ventral wall defect and gestational age at delivery; the medians and interquartile ranges for cesarean and vaginal delivery were 392525, 63) days versus 42 (26, 75) days, respectively (P =.32), for neonatal length of stay and 13 (9, 18) days versus 13 (9, 26) days, respectively (P =.16), for days to enteral feeding.

The objective of the study was to evaluate whether the current screening regimen of measuring amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein (AF-AFP) at the time of amniocentesis and reflex acetylcholinesterase testing vs ultrasound alone to detect neural tube and ventral wall defects offers improved diagnostic accuracy and cost benefit.

Although maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) is a highly sensitive marker for certain congenital malformations such as open neural tube and ventral wall defects, its usefulness as a screening test for fetal hydrocephalus is uncertain.

In the 1980s, maternal serum screening programs became available to identify pregnancies at risk for ONTDs and anencephaly; 75 90% of ONTDs and ≥95% of anencephaly can be detected by elevated maternal serum alphafetoprotein (MSAFP) levels with a screen positive rate of 5% or less. 2 MSAFP screening may also detect 85% of ventral wall defects.

The ventral body wall defect called omphalocele is also associated with cardiac and anorectal malformations in more than 50% of cases.

Background/Purpose: Prosthetic repair of large ventral abdominal wall defects has been associated with high complication rates.

In the chick embryo, the administration of cadmium (Cd) induces ventral body wall defects (VBWDs) similar to the human omphalocele.

In the late fetal stages, Alx4 Lst/Lst mutants displayed pelvic girdle abnormalities and ventral body wall defects such as omphalocele, thin body wall and bladder wall hypoplasia.