Neonatal intensive care unit on-site surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

The present study presents the experience gained in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of 'Maria S. Curie' Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children in Bucharest (Romania) after performing a series of bedside surgery interventions on newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). We conducted a retrospective analysis of the data for all patients operated on-site between 2011 and 2020, in terms of pre- and post-operative stability, procedures performed, complications and outcomes.