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Therefore, in this article, we present a method for creating a preformed silo bag by utilising readily available disposable equipment in secondary or tertiary hospitals. The disposable equipment required includes a 200- or 500-ml saline or blood bag, 16- or 18-Fr silicone\/latex Foley catheter, Opsite\u00ae and 2-0 silk suture. The saline bag is cut and opened transversely. The Foley catheter is cut corresponding to the diameter of the saline bag opening, and both ends of the catheter piece are connected to each other to create a 'circle', which is used as the base for the opening. The edge of the saline bag is turned inside out around the catheter and then securely closed with a continuous suture, which fixes the folded part of the bag to the catheter. These silo bags are cheap and easily and quickly prepared at any centre in Africa and very similar to manufactured silo bags, which are comparatively costly and difficult to procure in limited-resource environments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ajps.ajps_62_20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,19]],"date-time":"2021-02-19T00:00:17Z","timestamp":1613692817000},"page":"123-126","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Simplified Preformed Silo Bag Crafted from Standard Equipment in African Hospitals"],"prefix":"10.67481","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Ayman","family":"Elhosny","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Behrouz","family":"Banieghbal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":null,"reference":[{"key":"R1-15-20240829","first-page":"4","article-title":"Gastroschisis in a developing country: Poor resuscitation is a more significant predictor of mortality than postnatal transfer time","volume":"54","author":"Stevens","year":"2016","journal-title":"South African J Surg"},{"key":"R4-15-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"356","DOI":"10.1007\/s003830000552","article-title":"Silo construction from a sterile adhesive film and polypropylene mesh in the repair of gastroschisis and omphalocele","volume":"17","author":"Bhatnagar","year":"2001","journal-title":"Pediatr Surg Int"},{"key":"R5-15-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1395","DOI":"10.1007\/s00268-020-05373-w","article-title":"Reducing gastroschisis mortality: A quality improvement initiative at a Ugandan pediatric surgery unit","volume":"44","author":"Wesonga","year":"2020","journal-title":"World J Surg"},{"key":"R6-15-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.61662\/PCS_swxp1877","article-title":"The use of preformed spring loaded silo on delayed primary closure of gastroschisis patients at the Philippine children's medical center","volume":"72","author":"Marie","year":"2017","journal-title":"PJSS Philipp J Surg Spec"},{"key":"R7-15-20240829","first-page":"1","article-title":"Staged closure of gastroschisis using Alexis wound retractor and protector open access. 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