Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1827-1832 , December 2005

Liver position in fetal congenital diaphragmatic hernia retains a prognostic value in the era of lung-protective strategy

  • Yoshihiro Kitano

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 3416 0181; fax: +81 3 5494 7136.
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  • Satoshi Nakagawa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Intensive Care, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Tatsuo Kuroda

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Toshiro Honna

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Yushi Itoh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Tomoo Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Nobuyuki Morikawa

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Naoki Shimizu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Intensive Care, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Kyoko Kashima

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Satoshi Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Haruhiko Sago

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan

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 Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, May 22-26, 2005, Vancouver, Canada.

PII: S0022-3468(05)00678-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.020

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1827-1832 , December 2005

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