Liver position is a prenatal predictive factor of prosthetic repair in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Objective: To determine whether any common maternal-fetal variable has prenatal predictive value of prosthetic repair in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Methods: This was a 5-year single-center retrospective review of fetal congenital diaphragmatic hernia referrals. Multiple prenatal variables were correlated with the need for a prosthetic repair.

Large fetal congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations: growth trends and patient survival.

Purpose: The prognosis for fetuses with large congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAMs) remains uncertain. This study examined the natural history of large fetal CCAMs managed expectantly at a major referral center.

Methods: A 5-year retrospective review was conducted on fetuses diagnosed with a thoracic lesion (n = 59).

Percent predicted lung volumes as measured on fetal magnetic resonance imaging: a useful biometric parameter for risk stratification in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Purpose: This study was aimed at determining whether a new method of analyzing lung volumes on fetal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging could be used to predict the degree of pulmonary compromise in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).

Methods: Seventeen fetuses with CDH were prospectively evaluated by MR. Lung volumes were measured using an established technique and expressed as a percentage of the predicted lung volume (PPLV).

Ex utero intrapartum treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether ex utero intrapartum treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (EXIT to ECMO) is a reasonable approach for managing patients antenatally diagnosed with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).

Methods: A 6-year retrospective review was performed on fetuses with severe CDH (liver herniation and a lung/head ratio <1.4, percentage of predicted lung volume <15, and/or congenital heart disease).

Bronchial atresia: the hidden pathology within a spectrum of prenatally diagnosed lung masses.

Purpose: This study was aimed at determining whether different congenital lung masses represent diverse manifestations of a single developmental abnormality associated with fetal airway obstruction.

Methods: We conducted a 3-year retrospective review of patients who underwent surgical resection of a prenatally diagnosed lung mass. Prenatal imaging was used to define mass position and its effect on adjacent organs.