Timing of surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Is emergency operation necessary?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 731-734

  Langer, Jacob C ^a   Filler, Robert M ^a   Bohn, Desmond J ^a   Shandling, Barry ^a   Ein, Sigmund H ^a   Wesson, David E ^a   Superina, Riccardo A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; high frequency oscillation

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FATALITY; HERNIA; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023676330     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(88)80413-5     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A 20-year experience
2. The “critical” neonate with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A 21-year perspective
3. High-frequency ventilation at rates of 375 to 1,800 cycles per minute in four neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
4. Iatrogenic pneumothorax and mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
5. Congenital hernia of the diaphragm
6. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
7. Diaphragmatic hernia in the fetus: Prenatal diagnosis and outcome in 94 cases
8. The mortality of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Is total pulmonary mass inadequate, no matter what?
9. The role of pulmonary hypoplasia in the prognosis of newborn infants with diaphragmatic hernia and eventration
10. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Arterial structural changes and persistent pulmonary hypertension after surgical repair
11. The decreasing incidence of pneumothorax and improving survival of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
12. The effect of surgical repair on respiratory mechanics in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
13. Management of pulmonary insufficiency in diaphragmatic hernia using extracorporeal circulation with a membrane oxygenator (ECMO)