Hospital Based Registry of Neonatal Surgical diseases

Abstract

Birth defects are a major cause of infant mortality and childhood morbidity. Birth defects are also responsible for large numbers of embryonic and fetal deaths. The appropriate treatment of liveborn infants with significant birth defects makes heavy demands on health care resources. The epidemiological approach to birth defects has been the backbone of research into their causes. For this reason we decided to perform this registry in a trial to put the scope on infant's number one killer.