Abstract
A method is described permitting rapid and safe tucks and adjustments to be made to a silo in staged reduction of an anterior abdominal wall defect.
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Huskisson, L.J., Wright, V.M. An easy method for adjusting a silo for delayed closure of gastroschisis. Pediatr Surg Int 11, 431 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497841
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497841