Objective:To describe our experience with sixteen children treated for pulmonary sequestration at the Children's Hospital Roberto del Rio, between 2000 and 2012. Method: We reviewed retrospectively the clinical charts of all those patients up to 15 years old, who were treated for pathologically proven pulmonary sequestration in our hospital, between 2000 and 2012. Results: Sixteen patients were recorded, 8 boys and 8 girls that were diagnosed and/or treated between the newborn period and 14 years old. Nine of them had extralobar sequestration and 7 intralobar. The diagnosis was suspected for persisting pneumonia in 44%, neonatal respiratory distress in 25%, prenatal ultrasound in 19%, and recurrent pneumonia in 12%. Seventy-five percent of sequestrations were located in the left lower lobe, 19% in the right lower lobe and 6% in the right upper lobe and all of them were operated via thoracotomy. Fifty-six percent underwent surgery before one year of age (31.5% before 2 weeks of life) and 69% of patients did well postoperatively. Postoperative atelectasis were detected in 12.5%, bronchopleural fistula in 12.5% and residual pneumothorax in 6%. The average hospital stay was 9 days and no mortality was registered. Conclusions: Our experience is similar to the previously reported series and emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis in the treatment of pulmonary sequestration in children. ResumenObjetivo: Describir los hallazgos clínicos de pacientes tratados por secuestro pulmonar en el Hospital de Niños Roberto del Río, entre los años 2000 y 2012. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Se revisaron las fichas clínicas de todos los pacientes atendidos en el Hospital entre el año 2000 y 2012 con diagnóstico de secuestro pulmonar confirmado por anatomía patológica. Resultados: Se registraron 16 pacientes, 8 niños y 8 niñas. Del total 9 fueron secuestros extralobares y 7 intralobares. La sospecha diagnóstica fue por imagen de neumonía persistente en el 44% de los casos, distrés respiratorio neonatal en el 25%, ecografía antenatal en el 19% y neumonía repetida en el 12%. El 75% de los secuestros estaba ubicado en el lóbulo inferior izquierdo, el 19% en lóbulo inferior derecho y el 6% en lóbulo superior derecho. La técnica quirúrgica de elección fue la toracotomía abierta. El 56% de los pacientes se operó antes del año de vida (31,5% antes de las 2 semanas de vida). La evolución postoperatoria fue buena en el 69% de los casos, mientras que un 12,5% presentó atelectasia, 12,5% fístula broncopleural y 6% neumotórax residual. La mediana de estadía hospitalaria fue de 9 días. No se registró mortalidad. Conclusiones: Se presenta la experiencia de esta patología en el Hospital Roberto del Río enfatizándose la importancia de la sospecha diagnóstica.
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