Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it is a life-threatening birth defect, and is just as common. Occurring in one in ...

A team of researchers has discovered that a specific gene may play a major role in the development of a life-threatening birth defect called congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or CDH, which affects ...

Listen to an interview about the research on The Scope Radio. (Salt Lake City) – Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it ...

Bochdalek hernia represents the most common form of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), arising from a posterolateral defect in the diaphragm due to incomplete embryological formation. Although ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's a day to raise awareness about a condition that many of us have never even heard of, but is as common as spina bifida and cystic fibrosis. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is ...

Jenni Pappas stared at the perinatologist, a specialist in maternal-fetal health, anxiously watching him perform her ultrasound. She was 22 weeks pregnant, and the mass on her baby's chest was so ...

The surgery is carried out through an incision on the abdomen. The gut is pulled down from the chest cavity and the diaphragm repaired. If the hole in the diaphragm is large, there may be a need to ...

Diaphragmatic hernia is a not uncommon rupture of the horizontal muscle which separates the heart and lungs from the stomach and intestines. Dr. Philemon Edwards Truesdale of Fall River, Mass. repairs ...

The diaphragm is the sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) is a hole in the diaphragm and may be from one inch to several inches across. This results in ...