The purposes of a study by Adra et at. (A-44) were to assess the influence of mode of birth on neonatal outcome in fetuses with gastroschisis, and to correlate the ultrasonographic appearance of the fetal intestine with immediate postnatal outcome. Among 27 cases of prenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis the ultrasonographic appearance of the fetal intestine was normal in 15-cases. Postoperative complications were observed in two of the 15, and in seven cases in which the ultrasonographic appearance was not normal.