Tag Archives: diaphragmatic hernia

Antenatal treatment of Diaphragmatic Hernia, indications for intervention.

Posted on 12 January 2022 by Keith Barrington

My previous post about the FETO trials noted that the published trials reported a clear benefit of antenatal treatment of the highest risk group, but the moderate risk group had an improved outcome which didn’t meet classic definitions of statistical … Continue reading →

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Plug the Lung Until it Grows: the FETO RCTs of antenatal diaphragmatic hernia intervention.

Posted on 18 August 2021 by Keith Barrington

What was at one time called PLUG, and, with the change from open to endoscopic intervention, is now called FETO (fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion) is a way to harness the normal physiology of the lung in congential diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) … Continue reading →

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Outcomes of babies with surgical anomalies

Posted on 1 June 2016 by Keith Barrington

Neonatologists basically invented the field of outcomes research; many of my colleagues from around the world have closely examined the outcomes of very premature and extremely premature infants for many years: well before people in other fields were doing so. Outcome … Continue reading →

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Diaphragmatic Hernia Updates

Posted on 24 November 2015 by Keith Barrington

There have been many publications recently for this group of our patients: Hagadorn JI, et al. Trends in treatment and in-hospital mortality for neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Perinatol. 2015;35(9):748-54. This multi-center cohort study shows, in term babies, that … Continue reading →

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