Fatal Complication after Repair of a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Associated with Hepatopulmonary Fusion, Anomalous Right Pulmonary Venous Return, and Azygos Continuation of the Inferior Vena Cava

Joshua Hamilton; Dawn Jaroszewski; David Notrica

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1324695

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Table of Contents

Eur J Pediatr Surg 2014; 24(04): 350-352
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1324695

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Fatal Complication after Repair of a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Associated with Hepatopulmonary Fusion, Anomalous Right Pulmonary Venous Return, and Azygos Continuation of the Inferior Vena Cava

Joshua Hamilton

¹Department of Surgery, Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Dawn Jaroszewski

²Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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David Notrica

²Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

³Department of Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

⁴Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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