Palliative fetal surgery for diaphragmatic hernia.
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is associated with a poor prognosis in spite of advances in antenatal detection and newborn care. Open fetal surgery has been suggested as a strategy for salvaging selected fetuses at high risk for pulmonary hypoplasia as a result of this lesion. We report a strategy for palliative fetal surgery with definitive repair postponed to the newborn period.
Porreco
R P
RP
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
Chang
J H
JH
Quissell
B J
BJ
Morgan
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D011247:Pregnancy