Omphalocele and gastroschisis happen when a baby’s belly wall doesn’t form properly during pregnancy. This creates a hole that allows the intestines or other organs to protrude outside the body. You ...

Purpose: Using data from a single University Genetics Division practice, the authors sought to determine if gastroschisis is increasing in occurrence compared to omphalocele. Associated abnormalities ...

A serious birth defect that leaves a newborn's intestine's dangling outside the body is becoming increasingly common, and health officials aren't sure what's causing it. Cases of the abdominal wall ...

Omphalocele is a birth defect of the abdominal wall. It affects a fetus as it’s growing inside the mother. Normally, when a fetus is 6 to 10 weeks along, part of the developing intestines push outward ...

A man from Chicago's West Side continues to beat the odds despite being born with a rare condition in which his organs were outside his body. Cases of the genetic condition keep increasing across the ...