PURPOSE: To compare open repair (OR) with thoracoscopic repair (TR) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in neonates. METHODS: Twenty-four neonatal CDH cases diagnosed prenatally or within 6 h of birth at our institute from 2002 to 2012 with mild pulmonary hypertension managed without inhaled nitric oxide, were studied. OR was routine until 2006 (n = 14; L:R = 12:2) and TR became routine in 2007 (n = 10; L:R = 10:0). All subjects had identical management. RESULTS: Gestational age at birth: OR 37.4 ± 1.6 vs. TR: 38.3 ± 1.1 weeks (p = 0.10); birth weight 2,636 ± 490 vs. 2,887 ± 429 grams (p = 0.20); preoperative A-aDO(2): 308 ± 200 vs. 331 ± 195 mmHg (p = 0.79); and operating time (min): 161 ± 42 vs. 194 ± 76 (p = 0.27). In TR, intraoperative cardiopulmonary status was stable, intraoperative hemorrhage was significantly less (4.8 ± 6.0 vs. 1.1 ± 0.1 grams; p = 0.038), wound cosmesis was excellent without surgical site infections, while, maximum postoperative CRP (2.0 ± 1.5 vs. 1.5 ± 1.1 mg/dL; p = 0.30), commencement of enteral feeding (6.9 ± 2.8 vs. 5.6 ± 2.8 days; p = 0.27), and length of postoperative hospitalization (36 ± 22 vs. 34 ± 12 days; p = 0.66) were improved, but not significantly. One OR case required surgery for intestinal obstruction. CONCLUSIONS: Thoracoscopic repair appears to be as effective as OR for treating selected cases of CDH in neonates, with excellent wound cosmesis.
PURPOSE: To compare open repair (OR) with thoracoscopic repair (TR) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in neonates. METHODS: Twenty-four neonatal CDH cases diagnosed prenatally or within 6 h of birth at our institute from 2002 to 2012 with mild pulmonary hypertension managed without inhaled nitric oxide, were studied. OR was routine until 2006 (n = 14; L:R = 12:2) and TR became routine in 2007 (n = 10; L:R = 10:0). All subjects had identical management. RESULTS: Gestational age at birth: OR 37.4 ± 1.6 vs. TR: 38.3 ± 1.1 weeks (p = 0.10); birth weight 2,636 ± 490 vs. 2,887 ± 429 grams (p = 0.20); preoperative A-aDO(2): 308 ± 200 vs. 331 ± 195 mmHg (p = 0.79); and operating time (min): 161 ± 42 vs. 194 ± 76 (p = 0.27). In TR, intraoperative cardiopulmonary status was stable, intraoperative hemorrhage was significantly less (4.8 ± 6.0 vs. 1.1 ± 0.1 grams; p = 0.038), wound cosmesis was excellent without surgical site infections, while, maximum postoperative CRP (2.0 ± 1.5 vs. 1.5 ± 1.1 mg/dL; p = 0.30), commencement of enteral feeding (6.9 ± 2.8 vs. 5.6 ± 2.8 days; p = 0.27), and length of postoperative hospitalization (36 ± 22 vs. 34 ± 12 days; p = 0.66) were improved, but not significantly. One OR case required surgery for intestinal obstruction. CONCLUSIONS: Thoracoscopic repair appears to be as effective as OR for treating selected cases of CDH in neonates, with excellent wound cosmesis.
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