title: Palliative fetal surgery for diaphragmatic hernia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Porreco
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Quissell
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: 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