IN-UTERO MANAGEMENT OF CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA

Fetal surgery offers the possibility of prenatal treatment of congenit al diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The in utero management of CDH has evol ved with continued experimental and clinical experience. Topics covere d include the experimental rationale and techniques of in utero repair of CDH, methods of accurate diagnosis, criteria for patient selection , approaches to ethical concerns, operative techniques, and a review o f the clinical experience.