Minimally Invasive Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias

Daniel H. Teitelbaum, MD, Marjorie Arca, MD, Douglas Barnhart, MD Joseph L. Lelli, MD, Ronald B. Hirschl, MD

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-2145
Year Produced: 2001
Length: 7 min.


The patient is a 2 1/2 year old male, previously asymptomatic until he presented to an outside ER with shortness of breath. The X-ray demonstrated a large left diaphragmatic hernia. He was transferred from the ER for definitive care. Because the child was clinically stable, it was elected to repair the defect via a thoracoscopic approach.