Muscle Flap Technique Safe for On-ECMO Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair
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Alyssa E. Vaughn, Bailey D. Lyttle, Amanda E. Louiselle, Emily Cooper, Stephen M. Niemiec, Ryan Phillips, Sarah A. Hilton, John P. Kinsella, Jason Gien, S Christopher Derderian, Kenneth W. Liechty
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Prosthetic patches (patch) and muscle flaps (flap) are techniques used for repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) with a large defect unamenable to primary closure. We hypothesized that the flap technique for CDH repair while on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (on-ECMO) would have decreased bleeding complications compared to patch due to the hemostatic advantage of native tissue.
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