RT Book, Section
A1 Hunter, John G.
A1 Spight, Donn H.
A1 Sandone, Corinne
A1 Fairman, Jennifer E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1162532141
T1 Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia of Bochdalek
T2 Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449052
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162532141
RD 2024/04/25
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.