Thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a new anatomical reconstructive concept for tension dispersal at primary closure.

In the presented study, authors adopted thoracoscopic reorientation of diaphragmatic muscle leaflets in lateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia cases to achieve tension dispersal at primary repair. Short and mid-term results supported the efficacy and reproducibility of the described approach. However, long-term comparative studies seemed a necessity to validate this outcome.