PMID: 11912527Mar 26, 2002Paper

Lung resection in infants and children with pulmonary infections refractory to medical therapy

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Robert A CowlesArnold G Coran

Abstract

Pulmonary infections in children are common and often resolve with antibiotics and supportive therapy. When these infections become refractory to medical therapy or develop into an abscess, operative intervention may become necessary. This study was undertaken to review the experience with these pulmonary infections at the authors' institution. Charts of patients who underwent pulmonary resection for infectious causes were reviewed and their presentation, operative course, and long-term outcome analyzed. Between 1975 and 1999, 21 children underwent operative resection of lung parenchyma for infection. Sixty-six percent of children previously had required hospitalization for pneumonia, and 91% had been treated previously, either as an inpatient or as an outpatient, for pneumonia. Seventy-one percent of children had an identifiable underlying comorbidity. Eighteen lobectomies were performed on 17 children with the remaining children requiring either segmentectomy or wedge resection. The median length of stay was 6 days. There were 3 minor complications and 3 deaths. At follow-up (median, 8.25 months), all surviving children had improvement of the chest x-ray, and this was paralleled by clinical improvement. In children with pulmo...Continue Reading

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Mar 18, 2005·Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Part a·Nicolas KalfaRené-Benoît Galifer
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