During the Dec. 1990 to April. 1994, 14 patients were diagnosed in the Department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Medical college of Chonnam National University, as having congenital Bochdalek hernia. All of them diagnosed and operated
before
the age of 20 days, neonatal period. 3 of 14 were died after operation, so mortality rate was 21%, the deaths occured in 1, 1, 13 days neonate. In this retrospective study we describe our experience and results with review of the literature.
(Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;28:481-6)
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