All infants | Antenatal diagnosis | Postnatal diagnosis | |
Had surgery, n=218 | 182 (83%) | 101 (76%) | 81 (95%) |
Operation type, n=182 | |||
Primary repair | 118 (65%) | ||
18/115 (16%) Absorbable | |||
97/115 (84%) Non-absorbable | |||
Patch repair | 64/182 (36%) | 51/101 (50%)* | 13/81 (16%)* |
22/63 (35%) Biological | |||
41/63 (65%) Synthetic | |||
Abdominal wall patch | 11/179 (6%) | ||
Double patch† | 8/179 (4%) | ||
Chest drain inserted | 17 (9%) | ||
Thoracoscopic repair | 14 (8%) | 5/101 (5%) | 9/81 (11%) |
Other operation‡ | |||
Fundoplication‡ | 3 (2%) | ||
Correction of malrotation | 21 (12%) | ||
Appendicectomy alone | 7/180 (4%) | ||
Other | 12/180 (7%) |
*P<0.001.
†Patches on diaphragm and abdominal wall.
‡Other operation at time of congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair.