LEFT-SIDED PNEUMONECTOMY IN ONE-YEAR OLD CHILD A RESULT OF COMPLICATED PLEUROPNEUMONIA.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Uchikov, A.; Stefanova, P.; Ivanov, B.
- Source
- Jurnalul Pediatrului. Jan-Jun2013, Vol. 16 Issue 61/62, p15-18. 4p.
- Subject
- *PNEUMONECTOMY
*JUVENILE diseases
*PLEUROPNEUMONIA
*LUNG surgery
*SURGICAL complications
- Language
- ISSN
- 2360-4557
Pleuropneumonia in children with heavy complications often requires surgical treatment. In the accessible literature a couple of cases with pneumonectomy in children of different ages are described. Procedure is not often done because of intervention difficulty and the high risk of intra and postoperative complications. A clinical case of one-year old child with left-sided pneumonectomy because of chronic pleuropneumonia is presented. Taking the decision for removal of a pair organ is difficult and responsible, but in the presented case it solves a number of complications and improves the quality of patient's life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]