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. 2015 Nov 27;2015(11):CD008925. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008925.pub2

Kohl 2006.

Trial name or title Randomised clinical trial in order to assess the effect of fetoscopic tracheal balloon occlusion on the postnatal disease course in neonates with left‐sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Methods Randomised trial.
Participants Left‐sided diaphragmatic hernia, fetal liver herniation into the chest; gestational age‐related lung volume between 20% to 25% of normal, as determined by magnetic resonance imaging between 30 + 0 ‐ 34 + 0 weeks + days of gestation.
Interventions Fetoscopic tracheal balloon occlusion.
Outcomes Primary outcome is need for postnatal ECMO therapy.
Starting date January 2009.
Contact information University Hospital, Bonn.
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