Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe defect with an estimated incidence of 1:3000 live births (). This anomalous condition is characterized by an absence of separation between the thoracic and abdominal cavities during fetal development. Some of the first hypotheses about this congenital defect postulated that the presence of abdominal viscera in the thoracic cavity caused pulmonary hypoplasia by pushing the abdominal contents into the developing lungs (,). After several studies in animal models, a new theory was presented […]