Original articleRoutine use of a SILASTIC spring-loaded silo for infants with gastroschisis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
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Methods
Children born with gastroschisis at the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Primary Children's Medical Center (Salt Lake City, Utah), and University of North Carolina Children's Hospital (Chapel Hill) were eligible for the study. Inclusion criteria were diagnosis of gastroschisis, birth weight of 1500 grams or greater, and gestational age of 34 weeks or more. Infants with suspected or visible intestinal atresia were eligible for enrollment into the study. Infants were
Results
A total of 195 infants with gastroschisis were admitted to the participating centers between June 2001 and December 2006 (Fig. 1). After screening for eligibility and obtaining consent for enrollment, 55 patients were randomized (Toronto, 20; Chapel Hill, 6; Utah, 30), with 28 infants in the spring-loaded silo group and 27 infants in the primary closure group. One patient in the spring-loaded silo group was excluded from the study because of repeated dislodgment of the silo, requiring use of a
Discussion
The optimal approach to abdominal closure for infants with gastroschisis has remained controversial over many years. The significant risk for morbidity and mortality associated with gastroschisis has prompted critical evaluation of current methods of treatment. Although most early reports documented better outcomes in children who underwent primary closure, these studies suffered from treatment bias because the children with severe intestinal damage were generally the ones that could not be
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