Kanekal Gautham

Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available in the National Center for Health Statistics at https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html. These data were derived from the following resources available in the public domain: CDC-WONDER, https://wonder.cdc.gov/deaths-by-underlying-cause.html. References , , , et al. 2025.

Abstract Infants born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia have high mortality and morbidity and require coordinated multidisciplinary care for optimal outcomes. Over the past several decades numerous articles have been published on the technical aspects of the care of these patients demonstrating both the variation in management across institutions as well as the desirability and need for standardization of care.

Dear Editor We read the study by the COSGOD-III group with interest. The study of medical devices in randomized trials is challenging, but critically important to provide an unbiased assessment of the impact of devices on clinical care. We would like to highlight two concerns in how the study findings are interpreted and discussed: 1.