Congenital Eventration of the Diaphragm

E. Laxdal, Oliver; A. McDougall, H.; W. Mellin, Gilbert

doi:10.1056/nejm195403112501001

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Congenital Eventration of the Diaphragm

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 11, 1954

Authors:

Oliver E. Laxdal

H. A. McDougall

Gilbert W. Mellin

Abstract

SUCCESSFUL surgical treatment of diaphragmatic hernia dates back a great many years. However, it is only recently that congenital eventration of the diaphragm has been found amenable to surgery. Badenheur,1 in 1879, performed the first laparotomy for congenital diaphragmatic hernia. In all the early...

Subject

Medicine

Diaphragm (acoustics)

Surgery

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