Porreco R P, Chang J H, Quissell B J, Morgan M A
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Mar;170(3):833-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(94)70293-4.
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is associated with a poor prognosis in spite of advances in antenatal detection and newborn care. Open fetal surgery has been suggested as a strategy for salvaging selected fetuses at high risk for pulmonary hypoplasia as a result of this lesion. We report a strategy for palliative fetal surgery with definitive repair postponed to the newborn period.