Neonatal gastric perforation secondary to a strangulated congenital diaphragmatic hernia

• Main Authors: Alaa Obeida (Author), Nouran Abdelmoemen (Author), Nancy Ibrahim (Author), Sayed Khedr (Author), Aly Shalaby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) occurs as 1/3000-1/4000 live births. The main pathology associated with the diaphragmatic defect is pulmonary hypoplasia and hypertension. Occasionally gastrointestinal symptoms may also be present due to obstruction and incarceration of herniated bowel loops. H...