title: Potential danger of 'trial of life' approach to congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
abstract: This is the report of a newborn girl who was treated by "trial of life" before surgical repair of her left-sided diaphragmatic hernia. Surgery was performed 60 hours after birth, at which time she was found to have an organo-axial volvulus of the stomach. Her postoperative course was complicated by a jejunal perforation on the fourth postoperative day, necessitating another laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rode
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cywes
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000379:methods*; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors