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Omphalocele repair
Definition
Omphalocele repair is surgery to repair a birth defect in the wall of the belly (abdomen) in which all or parts of the small intestine, liver, and large intestine stick outside the belly in a thin sac.
Omphalocele repair - series
Reviewed last on: 10/8/2007
Deirdre O'Reilly, MD, MPH, Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston and Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
 See also: Surgery, Birth Defects, Pediatrics, Anatomy, Gastroschisis
  
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