RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58108862
T1 Diaphragmatic Hernia, Congenital
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58108862
RD 2024/04/23
AB •  1/2000  to  1/5000  births•  33%  with  associated  congenital  defects,  including  neural  tube  defects  and  cardiac  defects•  80%  are  left-sided;  20%  are  right-sided•  Right  side,  hepatic  veins  may  drain  ectopically  into  right  atrium•  10-20%  present  after  first  24  hrs•  Associated  with  pulmonary  hypoplasia  on  affected  side