Major malformations, surgery and persistent pulmonary hypertension (PHT) have been considered contraindications to therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Although congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) isn’t uncommon, very little is known about this birth defect. Dr. Stephen J. Fenton is a pediatric surgeon and CDH expert. He talks about everything ...

Sarah Gonzalez was just 13 weeks pregnant in 2018 when she received "terrifying" news during a routine ultrasound. Her unborn baby, whom they planned to name Sullivan, or "Sully," had a congenital ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in neonates is adequate to support the use of this procedure provided that normal ...

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 ...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) results from failure of complete fusion of the developing fetal diaphragm – a process that normally occurs between gestational weeks 6 and 8. The defect may be ...