eventration of the diaphragm is a condition characterized by an attenuated but otherwise intact diaphragm. twenty patients (age range: 2 days to 11 years) were treated for eventration of the diaphragm during a ten year period (19 85-1995). there were 11 girls and 9 boys with a mean gestational age of 37 weeks. 14 patients were born with cephalic presentation, 3 patients with breech delivery and...