Abstract
Ventral wall defects are a common group of fetal anomalies and a wide variety of ventral wall defects are diagnosed. And there are various options for perinatal management of fetal ventral wall defects, which range from termination of pregnancy to normal term delivery with postnatal surgery, depending on the type and severity of the lesion and probability of associated structural and chromosomal abnormalities. The routine fetal ultrasonography with widespread use of maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP) screening allows the majority of ventral wall defects to be identified prenatally. But confusion arises when the ventral wall defect is complex or has other associated abnormalities. The accurate prenatal diagnosis of ventral wall defects is important because it affects patient management and prognosis. This lecture reviews the characteristic sonographic findings with possible pathological correlation, the associated structural and/or chromosomal abnormalities and outcome of simple and complicated types of ventral wall defects, which were diagnosed on our hospital over a 10-y period.
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