European J Pediatr Surg Rep

. 2021 Jan;9(1):e13-e16. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1721473. Epub 2021 Jan 28. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33532173/

Thoracoscopic Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Preterm Neonate at 1 Kilogram

Muhammad Choudhry ¹, Simona Rusu ¹, Peter Brooks ², Enitan Ogundipe ³, Shu-Ling Chuang ³Affiliations expand

• PMID: 33532173
• PMCID: PMC7844161
• DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721473

Free PMC articleFull text linksCiteAbstractPubMedPMID

Abstract

We report the first successful primary thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in a preterm infant born at 28 weeks of gestation weighing 1,043 g. Left-sided CDH was incidentally diagnosed on postnatal chest X-ray on day 1. The neonate subsequently underwent thoracoscopic repair with primary closure of the defect on day 8 weighing 1,150 g. Intraoperative arterial blood gas monitoring including end tidal carbon-dioxide remained within normal range throughout. Postoperative recovery was uneventful. One year neurodevelopmental outcome was normal for age with no CDH recurrence.

Keywords: congenital diaphragmatic hernia; premature; thoracoscopic repair.

The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).