After the treatment is completed, children with abdominal wall defects may need additional help.

There are two main types of abdominal wall defects that result due to the changes during development.

As of 2004, the reason that abdominal wall defects occur has yet to be determined or understood.

An abdominal wall defect in which intestines and other organs can protrude.

Abdominal wall defects can be treated surgically if there is no accompanying anomalies.

Abdominal wall defects, specifically the main two types, gastroschisis and omphalocele, are rare in occurrence.

Most cases of abdominal wall defects have been found to be sporadic and have no relationship with the history of the disorder within the family.

Concerns that arise due to abdominal wall defects can be threatening and require immediate and intensive medical care.

Abdominal wall defects are common in newborns with BWS and may require surgical treatment.

About 10% of children with amyoplasia have evidence of vascular compromise including bowel atresia, abdominal wall defects, and gastroschisis.

These categories are open neural tube defect, open abdominal wall defect, and skin disease or other failure of the interior or exterior body surface.

Whether the intrauterine growth retardation can facilitate the apparition of gastroschisis or the abdominal wall defect impairs fetal growth is not clear yet.

But, in contrast to amniocentesis, it does not help in detecting neural tube disorders, such as spina bifida and anencephaly, or abdominal wall defects.

The abdominal wall defect is located at the junction of the umbilicus and normal skin, and is almost always to the right of the umbilicus.

Genetic counseling and further genetic testing, such as amniocentesis, may be offered during the pregnancy, as this and other abdominal wall defects are associated with genetic disorders.

Abdominal Wall defects are a type of congenital defect that allows the stomach,the intestines, or other organs to protrude through an unusual opening that forms on the abdomen.

Abdominal Wall Defect Aparoschisis None Gastroschisis is a rare congenital disorder in which a defect is present in the wall of the abdomen.

(Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein, or MSAFP, is a useful screening test for other fetal conditions, including Down syndrome, spina bifida and abdominal wall defects such as gastroschisis).

A sample of amniotic fluid is removed by amniocentesis, and presence of AChE can confirm several common types of birth defect, including abdominal wall defects and neural tube defects.

Mothers who are below the age of twenty are almost four times as likely to have an offspring that has developed an abdominal wall defect, as a mother who is in her late twenties and older.

If a woman is already getting a Quad test for Down Syndrome screening, then the AFP-marker that is part of this test provides the screen result for neural-tube and abdominal wall defects.

Because of their inert nature, medical grade Silastic brand silicone elastomers are important materials in numerous medical and pharmaceutical devices including catheters, pacemaker leads, tubing, wound dressings and silos for abdominal wall defects.

In addition to the ultrasound or AFP scanning, it is also necessary for children with this defect to be checked for other birth defects due to the fact that genetic disorders are usually associated with some of the abdominal wall defects.

MSAFP above normal is seen in multiple gestation, when there is placental abruption, as well as in a number of fetal abnormalities, such as neural tube defects including spina bifida and anencephaly, and abdominal wall defects.

Another definition presented by Elliot et al. includes the presence of either three major features (anterior abdominal wall defect, macroglossia, or prepostnatal overgrowth) or two major plus three minor findings (ear pits, nevus flammeus, neonatal hypoglycemia, nephromegaly, or hemihyperplasia).