Background: Gastroschisis is associated with less than 4% mortality in high-income
countries and over 90% mortality in many tertiary paediatric surgery centres across sub …

Introduction With modern treatment, survival of gastroschisis exceeds 90% in high-income
countries. Survival in these countries has been largely attributed to prenatal diagnosis …

Background: The aim was to compare gastroschisis (GS) epidemiology, management and
outcome in low-income countries (LIC) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with middle-(MIC) and …

Background Gastroschisis is a common birth defect with< 5% mortality in high income
countries, but mortality in sub Saharan Africa remains high. We sought to compare …

Objective Gastroschisis incidence is rising. Survival in developed countries is over 95%.
However, in underdeveloped countries, mortality is higher than 15% often due to sepsis. The …

Introduction Economic disadvantage may adversely influence the outcomes of infants with
gastroschisis (GS). Gastroschisis International (GiT) is a network of seven paediatric surgical …

The improved survival of gastroschisis patients is a notable pediatric success story. Over the
past 60 years, gastroschisis evolved from uniformly fatal to a treatable condition with over …

Background Core outcome sets (COS) facilitate clinical research by providing an agreed set
of outcomes to be measured when evaluating treatment efficacy. Gastroschisis is increasing …

Introduction Survival for infants with gastroschisis in developed countries has improved
dramatically in recent decades with reported mortality rates of 4–7%. Conversely, mortality …

Background. High survival rates in neonates with gastroschisis are reported in developed
countries. Few studies have reported on prevalence and outcomes of neonates with …