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Guidance: Exomphalos: information for parents

Nhs England

February 3
15:46 2025

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This publication explains the abdominal wall defect exompahlos, a condition also known as omphalocele. The NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP) tests for this condition.

The document includes information about:

  • what the condition is
  • how common it is
  • how it is diagnosed and confirmed
  • what treatment is available
  • what the outlook for the baby is
  • what happens next
  • how likely it is to happen in future pregnancy
  • where more support and information is available

Updates to this page

Published 2 April 2012
Last updated 3 February 2025 +show all updates
  1. Changed lead organisation to NHSE. Removed reference to screening helpdesk. Removed references to PHE.

  2. Revised document.

  3. First published.

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