title: The CDH two-step: a dance of necessity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0570.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Adzick
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Flake
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: 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*