Annals of surgery
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Review Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Neonatal endosurgical congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
To compare outcomes of open and endosurgical neonatal congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) repairs. ⋯ Neonatal thoracoscopic CDH repair has greater recurrence rates and operative times but similar survival and patch usage compared with open surgery. A prospective registry for all such cases would guide development of trials (Stage 2b; IDEAL recommendations).