Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Improved surgical results should influence abortion decision making

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Gudbjartsson, Tomas ^a,b   Gunnarsdottir, A ^c   Topan, C Z ^a   Larsson, L T ^c   Rosmundsson, Th ^a,b   Dagbjartsson, A ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abortion; Children; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Incidence; Prenatal counselling; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 41349087963     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690809700110     Document Type: Article

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