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Umbilicoplasty in neonates with primary omphalocele closure
E Frigo1, S Rettinger-Schimmerl, A M Rokitansky
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Pediatric Surgical Research, SMZO-Donauspital, Langobardenstrasse 122, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
Pediatric Surgery International
|October 20, 1999
Abstract:
A new technique of umbilicoplasty in neonates who underwent primary omphalocele repair is described and illustrated. The procedure resulted in a nearly-normal appearance of the umbilicus.