Surgical outcomes for pediatric congenital lung malformation: 13 years' experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Congenital lung malformations (CLM) are a gamut of lesions that originate throughout the embryonic period and manifest in the neonatal or sporadically in the prenatal period, characteristically might stay well for some time, to be found inadvertently or to present with complications. In the 13 years from Jan. 2003 to Dec. 2015, this prospective cohort study included consecutive pediatric patients under 12 years old, who presented either emergently or electively with any variety of CLM. The lesions encompassed in this assortment were congenital lobar emphysema (CLE), congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), bronchogenic cysts (BC), and bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS).

Results

Sixty-eight pediatric patients with CLM were operated at our institution; 18

SUBMITTER: Saleh ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7418582 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature