After some preliminary remarks about the embryology and nomenclature of omphalocele, the surgical and conservative methods of treatment are reviewed and discussed. 380 partly surgical and partly conservative treated cases, published between i949 and 1965 are compiled. One case operated by using a duramater-homograft is described.
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