Frank Fideler, Migdad Mustafi, Hans-Joachim Kirschner, Ines Gerbig, Jörg Fuchs, Michael Hofbeck, Matthias Kumpf, Oliver Kagan, Jörg Michel, Walter Jost, Felix Neunhoeffer
Both congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDHs) and omphaloceles show relevant overall mortality rates as individual findings. The combination of the two has been described only sparsely in the literature and almost always with a fatal course. Here, we describe a term neonate with a rare high-risk constellation of left-sided CDH and a large omphalocele who was successfully treated on extracorporeal life support (ECLS). Prenatally, the patient was diagnosed with a large omphalocele and a left CDH with a lung volume of ∼27% and an observed to expected lung-to-head ratio of 30%...
January 2023: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports