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Newborn surgical emergencies. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
1Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York.
Pediatric Clinics of North America
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
Bochdalek hernia is a posterolateral defect in the embryogenesis of the diaphragm. Abdominal contents enter the thorax during fetal development and result in pulmonary hypoplasia. A cause of respiratory distress in the newborn, the management of this disease has undergone dramatic changes. The defect requires surgical repair, but success depends more on preoperative and postoperative management of the associated physiologic derangements.