The CDH two-step: a dance of necessity.
Repair of fetal diaphragmatic hernia has proven technically difficult especially when the left lobe of the fetal liver is incarcerated in the chest. A step-wise approach from both above and below the diaphragm solves several frustrating technical problems.
Harrison
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MR
Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0570.
Adzick
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Flake
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Jennings
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D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*