Several randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is beneficial to term newborns with moderate to severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Cooling ...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a life-threatening condition caused by failure of the diaphragm to form properly during a baby’s development in the womb. This results in the baby’s abdominal organs ...

Bochdalek hernia represents the most common form of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), arising from a posterolateral defect in the diaphragm due to incomplete embryological formation. Although ...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it is a life-threatening birth defect, and is just as common. Occurring in one in ...

Listen to an interview about the research on The Scope Radio. (Salt Lake City) – Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it ...

Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia (TDH) is an uncommon surgical problem, and diagnosis is often delayed. However, the mortality from bowel necrosis can reach 80%. Therefore, suspicion is needed and ...

Read in part before a combined meeting of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery and the Boston Surgical Society, March 4, 1940. From the Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, and the Department of ...

Editor's Note: This article is made possible through a sponsored content partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Hernia repair is about 20 percent of Dr. W. Borden Hooks III’s practice ...

Evidence-based recommendations on thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates. This involves inserting surgical instruments through small cuts in the chest, and then moving the ...

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Read in part before a combined meeting of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery and the Boston Surgical Society, March 4, 1940. From the Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, and the Department of ...