Delivery planning for pregnancies with gastroschisis: findings from a prospective national registry.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of planned mode and planned timing of delivery on neonatal outcomes in infants with gastroschisis.

Study Design: Data from the Canadian Pediatric Surgery Network cohort were used to identify 519 fetuses with isolated gastroschisis who were delivered at all tertiary-level perinatal centers in Canada from 2005-2013 (n = 16). Neonatal outcomes (including length of stay, duration of total parenteral nutrition, and a composite of perinatal death or prolonged exclusive total parenteral nutrition) were compared according to the 32-week gestation planned mode and timing of delivery with the use of the multivariable quantile and logistic regression.