Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary sequestration in an infant

Thoracoscopic resection of intra- and extralobar pulmonary sequestration in the first 3 months of life

“…Because of the risk of pulmonary impairment and to exclude other pathology, surgery is recommended even if the patients are asymptomatic [15][16][17]. Successful treatment using open or thoracoscopic techniques for children has been described [16,18,19]. It has been published that thoracoscopic surgery in infants and even in newborns is feasible, which agrees with our experience [4,6].…”

“…Because of the risk of pulmonary impairment and to exclude other pathology, surgery is recommended even if the patients are asymptomatic [15][16][17]. Successful treatment using open or thoracoscopic techniques for children has been described [16,18,19].…”

Pulmonary sequestration children: is the thoracoscopic approach a good option?

“…The mean operating time was 155 min (range, 120-190), excluding patients who required conversion. The mean duration of postoperative narcotic use (acetaminophen and morphinie) was 4.2 days (range, [3][4][5][6], and the mean hospital stay was 5.6 days (range, [3][4][5][6][7][8].…”

“…Two approachs have been described: the conventional method via a thoracotomy and the laparoscopic one. Although the laparoscopic procedure has been shown to be feasible without entailing higher morbidity [1,4,5,7], it has not been demonstrated to have clear advantages over, the conventional technique. The aim of this study was to establish the advantages of the mini-invasive approach to the management of pulmonary sequestration.…”

Thoracoscopic treatment of pulmonary sequestration☆

“…Feasibility of VATS resection has been shown in case reports [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], or small series with two [23][24][25] or three cases [3,26]. To our knowledge this is the largest published report of thoracoscopic treatment of pulmonary sequestration.…”