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Staged closure of a giant omphalocele with amnion preservation, modified technique

Akram H. Aljahdali, Hussah M. Al-Buainain and Erik D. Skarsgard
Saudi Medical Journal April 2017, 38 (4) 422-424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.4.16240
Akram H. Aljahdali
From the Department of Pediatric Surgery (Aljahdali, Al-Buainain), King Fahad Hospital of the University, University of Dammam. Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Department of Surgery (Aljahdali, Skarsgard) Division of Pediatric Surgery, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Hussah M. Al-Buainain
From the Department of Pediatric Surgery (Aljahdali, Al-Buainain), King Fahad Hospital of the University, University of Dammam. Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Department of Surgery (Aljahdali, Skarsgard) Division of Pediatric Surgery, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Erik D. Skarsgard
From the Department of Pediatric Surgery (Aljahdali, Al-Buainain), King Fahad Hospital of the University, University of Dammam. Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Department of Surgery (Aljahdali, Skarsgard) Division of Pediatric Surgery, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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