[Definitive abdominal wall closure following palliative intervention for omphalocele and laparoschisis].

From 1975-1989 26 children underwent a definitive abdominal wall closure for palliative surgical treatment of omphalocele and gastroschisis in the Paediatric Surgical Clinic in Klinikum Berlin-Buch. The linear closure by mattress sutures by the method of Dick was not possible. Very good functional and cosmetic results were achieved with flap-plastic method of Brenner and overlapping it with autogenous corium-transplant. The favourable time for this operation is from the second to the third year of life.