COMPARISON QUALITY OF LIFE BETWEEN THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY AND TRADITIONAL SURGERY IN THE TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL DIPHRAGMAL HERNIA IN NEWBORNS.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to study the effectiveness of surgical treatment using a new minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgical technique in newborns with diaphragmatic hernia based on questionnaire demand. The study included 70 newborns with pathology. Depending on the method of surgical intervention, the children were divided into 2 groups. The 1st group consisted of 44 newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, operated on using the traditional open method. The 2nd main group consisted of 26 newborns with similar pathology, operated using a minimally invasive new type of surgical technique - endosurgery. Before and after the operation, both the parent and the doctor filled out a questionnaire based on the QUALIN questionnaire. According to the results of the questionnaire, an improvement in all indicators in the postoperative period was noted in the main and control groups. Also, in the main group, all parameters were high according to both parents and doctors. However, statistical reliability was achieved for the parameters "Ability to live independently" and "Neurological and mental development". This also shows that the surgical treatment of diaphragmatic hernia in newborns that we proposed leads to a rapid improvement in the general condition of children and an intensification of the healing process, thereby bringing further development closer to normal indicators.