A multi-country study of prevalence and early childhood mortality among children with omphalocele.
Wendy N NembhardJorieke Elisabertha Hermina BergmanMaria D PolitisJazmín Arteaga-VázquezEva Bermejo-SánchezMark A CanfieldJanet D CraganSaeed DastgiriHermien E K de WalleMarcia L FeldkampAmy E NanceMiriam GattBoris GroismanPaula Hurtado-VillaKärin KallénDanielle LandauNathalie LelongJorge Lopez-CameloLaura MartinezMargery MorganAnna PieriniAnke RissmannAntonin ŠípekElena SzabovaGiovanna TagliabueWladimir WerteleckiIgnacio ZaranteMarian K BakkerVijaya KancherlaPierpaolo MastroiacovoPublished in: Birth defects research (2020)
The prevalence of omphalocele showed no temporal change from 2000-2012. Approximately one-third of children with omphalocele did not survive early childhood with most deaths occurring in the neonatal period.