ArticlePediatric surgery international2011
Patch repair is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical morbidity of primary versus patch repaired congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Respiratory Support Strategies for Surgical Neonates: A Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prognostic factors for successful extubation in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Thoracotomy patch repair of large diaphragmatic herniae in a porcine model: a tale of two patches.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- The impact of a care bundle with an emphasis on hemodynamic assessment on the short-term outcomes in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Surgical Risk Factors for Delayed Oral Feeding Autonomy in Patients with Left-Sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Perinatal Prognostic Factors and Short-Term Outcomes in a Single-Center Series.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Novel Thoracic Ultrasound Measurement After Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair Identifies Decreased Diaphragmatic Excursion Associated With Adverse Respiratory and Surgical Outcomes.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia-influence of fetoscopic tracheal occlusion on outcomes and predictors of survival.European journal of pediatrics · 2016Article
- The Canadian Pediatric Surgery Network Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Evidence Review Project: Developing national guidelines for care.Paediatrics & child health · 2016Article
- Outcome of right-sided diaphragmatic hernia repair: a multicentre study.Pediatric surgery international · 2015Article
- Prenatal MR imaging of congenital diaphragmatic hernias: association of MR fetal lung volume with the need for postnatal prosthetic patch repair.European radiology · 2015Article
- Hepatopulmonary fusion in a newborn. An uncommon intraoperatory finding during right congenital diaphragmatic hernia surgery: case description and review of literature.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2014Review
- Defect-diaphragmatic ratio: a new parameter for assessment of defect size in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.Pediatric surgery international · 2012Article
- Large diaphragmatic defect: are skeletal deformities preventable?Pediatric surgery international · 2011Article
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: review of current concept in surgical management.ISRN surgery · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundInfants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) have variable outcomes. There is a considerable potential benefit in being able to predict perinatally, which infants have severe hypoplasia and are thus more likely to die or survive with significant morbidity. We examine the relationship between a need for patch repair of CDH (PR) and outcome, using a national database.
methodsBaseline characteristics of patients undergoing PR or non-patch repair (NPR) were compared. Multivariate analysis was performed to determine the association of PR with mortality and morbidity independent of other known predictors.
resultsBaseline characteristics of PR and NPR infants were similar although those infants with PR had higher SNAP-II scores. PR was an independent predictor of mortality with an odds ratio of 17.1 (95%CI 2.0-149.2) and was independently associated with secondary outcome measures of morbidity, including the need for oxygen at discharge and the duration of ventilation.
conclusionsInfants requiring PR have significantly higher mortality and suffer greater morbidity than those undergoing NPR. This association is independent of other known predictors of mortality. Identifying prenatal features associated with this high risk group would be of great clinical value.
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