[Morbidity and mortality in newborns with omphalocele and XXXX anterior abdominal wall defects].

@entity1 @entity154 @entity295 @entity281 @entity6675 @entity810 @entity1455
OBJECTIVE: To identify morbidity and mortality in newborns with @entity154 of the anterior abdominal wall. DESIGN: Descriptive, comparative, and retrospective study. @entity1 : Thirty nine @entity1 with @entity6675 and 26 @entity1 with omphalocele. RESULTS: Median size of the defect in the @entity6675 group was 4 cm. @entity1 underwent primary closure en 41% of cases. Post-surgical morbidity occurred in 74% of @entity1 with @entity295 the main complication in 61.5%. A total of 16.2% died mainly due to @entity810 and @entity295 . In the omphalocele group, median size of defect was 5.5 cm. Primary closure was done in 65% of @entity1 . Complications occurred in 65% of newborns, @entity295 was the most frequent complication (46%). Mortality rate was 16.6% related to @entity810 and @entity1455 . CONCLUSIONS: The main causes of morbidity in the two groups were @entity281 and @entity810 . Mortality rate was similar to that reported in the world literature for @entity6675 and slightly lower for omphalocele.
