[Tracheo-bronchial fissures from external trauma in children. Apropos of 3 cases].

The authors report three cases of tears in the tracheal or bronchial membrane in children resulting from an accidental external trauma of the trachea. Those children ranged from 3, to 5 and 10 years old. Those lesions showed a clinical gaseous syndrome associated with mediastinal and subcutaneous emphysema, in one of these cases complicated by unilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum.

[Congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Antenatal diagnosis. thoracic drainage. High frequency ventilation].

25 children with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia diagnosed in the first 24 hours of life were referred to the Clinique de Chirurgie Pédiatrique de Nancy. The total survival rate was 68%. Patients were divided into two chronologic groups.