Eight years ago, doctors weren’t sure Bearett McLendon would survive his first night. Today, he’s healthy, happy and playing ...

Bochdalek hernia represents the most common form of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), arising from a posterolateral defect in the diaphragm due to incomplete embryological formation. Although ...

Listen to an interview about the research on The Scope Radio. (Salt Lake City) – Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it ...

A Johns Hopkins Children Center study using medical records from an international registry concludes that female babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are slightly more likely to die ...

If you’ve had an ultrasound and found out your unborn baby has congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), you probably have a lot of questions. Dr. Stephen Fenton is a pediatric surgeon with University of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque family fought against all odds to ensure their baby’s survival after a rare diagnosis that affects about 1,600 babies in the United States every year. “We’re ...

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) is a dangerous malformation of the lungs and diaphragm that causes almost a third of affected babies to die from underdeveloped lungs. So far, there have been no ...

Neonatology is a field fraught with unique challenges and complexities, particularly when intersecting with surgical needs.