Open AccessComparison between late-presenting and isolated neonatal congenital diaphragmatic hernias
Author(s) -
Christos Plataras,
Ierotheos Loukas,
Nikolaos Baltogiannis,
G. Mavridis,
Evangelos Papandreou
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.91661
Subject(s) - medicine , failure to thrive , surgery , diaphragmatic breathing , pediatrics , complication , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , mortality rate , fetus , pregnancy , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
Late-presenting posterolateral congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH) are anatomically similar to isolated neonatal CDH but are diagnosed and treated after the first month of life. We aim to characterise the clinical manifestations and short-term postoperative course of this entity and compare it with isolated CDH of the neonatal period.