Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33, February 2008

Minimally invasive surgery of the lung: lung biopsy, treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax, and pulmonary resection

  • Scott E. Langenburg, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Scott E. Langenburg, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd., Detroit, MI 48201.
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  • Joseph L. Lelli, MD

Departments of Pediatric Surgery and Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Thoracoscopy of pediatric patients has evolved from diagnostic lung biopsy to a myriad of both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In this chapter, we discuss those procedures related to the child's lung which are most commonly performed: lung biopsy; resection of bronchogenic cysts, pulmonary sequestrations, and pulmonary lobes; and the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.

KEYWORDS: Thoracoscopy, Pediatric, Cyst, Lung, Spontaneous pneumothorax

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PII: S1055-8586(07)00070-4

doi:10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2007.10.005

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33, February 2008

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