Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Huiyong Hu; Xiaoping Jing; Xiuhua Duan; Leiping Zhou; Yunfeng Xu

doi:10.1002/ppul.26542

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Sep;58(9):2666-2667. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26542. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Authors

Huiyong Hu¹, Xiaoping Jing², Xiuhua Duan³, Leiping Zhou⁴, Yunfeng Xu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of the Ultrasonography, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Radiology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Department of Radiology, International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital of China Welfare Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

PMID: 37314159
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26542

Abstract

A fetus was found to have a right diaphragmatic hernia during a prenatal ultrasonography examination late in the second trimester. A "green channel" with multi department dynamic monitoring was instituted, at 40 + 4 weeks, with the infant under general anesthesia, hernia repair was later successfully performed. After the operation, the infant's vital signs were stable and their condition remained good during follow-up.

Keywords: computed tomography; congenital diaphragmatic hernia; ultrasound.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Female
Fetus
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital* / diagnostic imaging
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital* / surgery
Humans
Infant
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography, Prenatal