A multi-institutional comparison of management techniques for infants with giant omphalocele

What's the best way to manage a giantombalocele? I'm Lizzie Lee from Cincinnati Children's, and this is an article you should know about. This study looked at 117 infants and compared 4 different treatment approaches, paint and weight, operative silos, compression techniques, and a newer option, the Duoderm silo. Here's the big take. Babies treated with the duoderm silo were most likely to have their abdomen closed in one surgery. About 8 out of 10 did. Some babies who had operative silos were closed sooner, but overall, the chance of complications was about the same, no matter which method was used. Almost half of the babies needed 6 months or more before the abdomen could be fully closed. So what does this mean? There's no one size fits all treatment, but Duoderm silos may be a really good option for certain babies, especially when the goal is closing the abdomen in one step. Let us know what you think in the comments below and stay tuned for more articles that you should know about.