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  2. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia - Wikipedia

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    Congenital diaphragmatic hernia ( CDH) is a birth defect of the diaphragm. The most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia; other types include Morgagni hernia, diaphragm eventration and central tendon defects of the diaphragm. Malformation of the diaphragm allows the abdominal organs to push into the chest cavity, hindering proper lung ...

  3. Diaphragmatic Hernia: Causes, Symptoms & Diagnosis - Healthline

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    A congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is due to the abnormal development of the diaphragm while the fetus is forming. A defect in the diaphragm of the fetus allows one or more of their abdominal ...

  4. Bochdalek hernia - Wikipedia

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    Bochdalek hernia is one of two forms of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, the other form being Morgagni hernia.A Bochdalek hernia is a congenital abnormality in which an opening exists in the infant's diaphragm, allowing normally intra-abdominal organs (particularly the stomach and intestines) to enter into the thoracic cavity.

  5. Diaphragmatic hernia - Wikipedia

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    Diaphragmatic hernia; This is a photo of a peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia in a cat. The photo was taken during necropsy from the right side of the cat. To the left is the abdomen, where part of the liver and the gall bladder can be seen. The diaphragm is in the middle. To the right is the thorax.

  6. Diaphragm: Anatomy, Function, Diagram, Conditions, and Symptoms

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    The diaphragm is a thin skeletal muscle that sits at the base of the chest and separates the abdomen from the chest. It contracts and flattens when you inhale. This creates a vacuum effect that ...

  7. Hernia - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. 18.5 million (2015) [4] Deaths. 59,800 (2015) [5] A hernia ( pl.: hernias or herniae, from Latin, meaning 'rupture') is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides. [1] The term is also used for the normal development of the intestinal tract, referring to the ...

  8. Fetal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Fetal surgery also known as antenatal surgery, prenatal surgery, [1] is a growing branch of maternal-fetal medicine that covers any of a broad range of surgical techniques that are used to treat congenital abnormalities in fetuses who are still in the pregnant uterus. There are three main types: [2] open fetal surgery, which involves completely ...

  9. Lumbocostal triangle - Wikipedia

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    The lumbocostal triangle (also Bochdalek's foramen, Bochdalek's triangle) is a space between the costal and lumbar parts of the diaphragm. The base of this triangular space is formed by muscle attachments originating from the XII rib and muscle fibers attaching to the lateral arcuate ligament. The apex of the triangle is oriented towards the ...

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