From 1972 to 1990, 69 cases of gastroschisis were treated at Akron Children's Hospital Medical Center. Eighty-one percent of these patients underwent primary closure of their abdominal wall defect. Thirteen of 69 patients (19%) required Silastic…
Acute abdominal pain, especially in the presence of free intra-abdominal air, in a pregnant patient who has previously undergone ileal pouch-anal anastomosis may be a result of acute perforation of the pouch. The case of a 30-year-old multigravida…
The management of a pregnant woman presenting with prolonged hypertonic uterine contractions (essential uterine hypertonus) and mildly elevated temperature at term is described. Histology of the placenta, cord and membranes, following delivery,…