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Congenital Posterolateral Diaphragmatic Hernia
Author(s) -
Brown J. H.,
Davey R. B.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb04021.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diaphragmatic hernia , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , diaphragmatic breathing , hernia , general surgery , surgery , pediatrics , pregnancy , fetus , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
This is a review of cases of congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia encountered at the Adelaide Children's Hospital in the period 1950 to 1969, which stresses particularly the causes of the high mortality in this condition in those cases presenting within 24 hours of birth .