Intestinal Perforation in the Context of Thoracoamniotic Shunting and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Abstract A fetus was diagnosed by prenatal ultrasound with bilateral intrauterine pleural effusions that were subsequently drained in utero by insertion of bilateral thoracoamniotic shunts. Serial prenatal ultrasound scans were consistent with a left-sided diaphragmatic hernia. On the first day of l...

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Main Authors: Theodore Dassios, Wassim A. Hassan, Marcin Kazmierski, Daniel Carroll, Jag Ahluwalia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2013-04-01
Series:European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1343611