Palliative fetal surgery for diaphragmatic hernia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is associated with a poor prognosis in spite of advances in antenatal detection and newborn care. Open fetal surgery has been suggested as a strategy for salvaging selected fetuses at high risk for pulmonary hypoplasia as a result of this lesion. We report a strategy for palliative fetal surgery with definitive repair postponed to the newborn period.
Medical subject headings
- Fetal Diseases
- Fetus
- Hernia, Diaphragmatic
- Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital