Late Complication of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair: Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction

Vishalini Sivarajah; Priyank Bhatnagar; Katherine N Tom; Jonathan P Wong; J Ted Gerstle; Rosemary G Moodie; Peter D Wong

doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000002345

Late Complication of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair: Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Feb 1;38(2):e1028-e1029. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002345.

Authors

Vishalini Sivarajah¹, Priyank Bhatnagar¹, Katherine N Tom², Jonathan P Wong³, J Ted Gerstle⁴, Rosemary G Moodie³, Peter D Wong

Affiliations

¹ From the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

PMID: 33900715
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002345

Abstract

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is associated with high early mortality. However, advances in newborn care have led to improved survival into adolescence and early adulthood. We report a 17-year-old adolescent boy with recurrent small bowel obstruction after CDH repair at 2 days of age. Emergency physicians should be aware of late complications after neonatal CDH repair.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital* / complications
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital* / diagnostic imaging
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital* / surgery
Herniorrhaphy
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intestinal Obstruction* / etiology
Intestinal Obstruction* / surgery
Intestine, Small / surgery
Male
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies