The long term physical consequences of gastroschisis

Prenatal markers and longitudinal follow-up in simple and complex gastroschisis

“…Previous studies on physical growth in gastroschisis patients reported suboptimal10 25 or normal growth9 in infancy, and normal growth in childhood 8 11 26 27. The two studies that took into account the type of gastroschisis (simple or complex) found lower weight SDS in complex gastroschisis in infants aged 12 months,25 and in children aged 5–17 years 8. In contrast, we found no significant difference between simple and complex gastroschisis; both groups had a height and weight SDS slightly below 0 SD, but within Dutch reference norms.…”

Impact of Surgery for Neonatal Gastrointestinal Diseases on Weight and Fat Mass

“…A significant catch-up growth was shown in children with simple gastroschisis, with one-quarter of them becoming overweight. 15 Whether these early changes in growth and BC are transient or not requires further study.…”

Growth in children with choledochal malformations: effect of the Roux loop

“…Growth is an accepted standard for measuring child development and requires a normally functioning gastrointestinal tract together with its associated exocrine organs, liver and pancreas [17]. The CM is usually an isolated abnormality and there is no reason to think that such children will have a different growth potential or expectation from the normal population, unlike for example children born with gastroschisis, exomphalos or oesophageal atresia [18][19][20]. We therefore used SDS scores to compare with published normal values for weight and height and showed that there was indeed a lower weight SDS, and a similar trend for the height SDS prior to surgery.…”