This article discusses the potential benefits and challenges of minimally invasive surgery for
infants and small children, and discusses why pediatric minimally invasive surgery is not yet …

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in the newborn poses challenges to the multi-
disciplinary teams involved in its management. Mortality remains significantly high, despite …

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effect of thoracoscopy in neonates on intraoperative
arterial blood gases, compared with open surgery. Background: Congenital diaphragmatic …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and esophageal
atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TOF) can be repaired thoracoscopically, but this …

INTRODUCTION: Thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has been
described, but its efficacy and safety have not been validated. The aim was to compare our …

Background Intraoperative hypercapnia and acidosis have been associated with
thoracoscopic repair of both congenital diaphragmatic hernia and esophageal atresia …

Thoracoscopic operations in neonates, such as repair of oesophageal atresia and
tracheooesophageal fistula or congenital diaphragmatic hernia, can be associated with …

Results: Of the initial 100 participants, 94 patients undergoing ESD and four patients
undergoing endoscopic mucosal resection completed the study. The median procedure time …

Purpose To compare open repair (OR) with thoracoscopic repair (TR) for congenital
diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in neonates. Methods Twenty-four neonatal CDH cases …

The knowledge on the physiological impact of endoscopic surgery in infants and children is
limited. Cardiovascular effects of pneumoperitoneum are mainly the result of an increase in …