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    Antenatal betamethasone and favourable outcomes in fetuses with `poor prognosis' diaphragmatic hernia

     Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a common abnormality affecting 1 in 2,000 gestations. The mortality exceeds 50% despite recent advances in postnatal treatment. The widespread antenatal use of glucoco...

    W. D. A. Ford, C. P. Kirby, C. S. Wilkinson in Pediatric Surgery International (2002)

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    Malrotation with recurrent volvulus presenting with cholestasis, pruritus, and pancreatitis

    A patient aged 16 years was referred following numerous episodes of intense pruritus associated with persistently altered liver function tests. Ultrasound (US) demonstrated the superior mesenteric vein positi...

    C. P. Kirby, J. K. Freeman, W. D. A. Ford in Pediatric Surgery International (2000)

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    Antenatal detection of hiatus hernia

    A routine ultrasound scan in a primigravida at 29 weeks' gestation showed that her fetus had a fluid-filled viscus above the diaphragm in the mid-line. This was initially thought to be the stomach, either as ...

    J. Chacko, W. D. A. Ford, M. E. Furness in Pediatric Surgery International (1998)

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    Pulmonary sequestrations detected by antenatal ultrasound

    We present three cases of abdominal and abdomino-thoracic extra-lobar pulmonary sequestrations detected by antenatal ultrasound (US) over a 12-month period. In addition, we briefly refer to a case previously d...

    J. A. Crameri, W. D. A. Ford, M. E. Furness in Pediatric Surgery International (1996)