Prenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis. A Lagos prenatal diagnosis experience

Objectives: Gastroschisis is a congenital malformation charaterised by the herniation of intestinal contents through a full thickness paraumbilical abdominal wall defect. The diagnosis can be made as early as first trimester and fast often in the second trimester by fetal ultrasound, to retrospectively analyze cases of gastroschisis diagnosed in the centre in years. 1992 to 2015, the prenatal diagnosis is important because of rapid and appropriate treatment both during and after pregnancy. Setting: Prenatal Diagnosis And Therapy Centre of a tertiary hospital in Lagos/Nigeria. Material and methods: We analysed 29…