title: Letter to the editor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan. Electronic address: kta@cc.rim.or.jp.
authors.forename: Keita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terui
mesh_terms: D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D013908:Thoracotomy