TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia of Bochdalek A1 - Hunter, John G. A1 - Spight, Donn H. A1 - Sandone, Corinne A1 - Fairman, Jennifer E. PY - 2018 T2 - Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations AB - Posterolateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), also known as hernia of Bochdalek, occurs in approximately 1 in 4000 live births. A defect in the diaphragm allows abdominal organs, typically the intestines and stomach, to protrude into the thorax (Figure 1). The causative factors have yet to be elucidated. Children with this anomaly have variable degrees of both macroscopic and microscopic pulmonary hypoplasia as well as pulmonary arteriolar muscular thickening. The pulmonary hypertension and resultant shunt physiology are the most significant contributors to the life-threatening physiologic compromise that is seen initially in the majority of these patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162532141 ER -