Objective To evaluate the effect of early fetoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO) (22-24 weeks' gestation) on pulmonary response and neonatal survival in cases of extremely severe isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
Methods This was a multicenter study involving fetuses with extremely severe CDH (lung-to-head ratio
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