title: [Surgery for lung metastases in children].
abstract: The authors report a series of 76 children with lung metastases followed from 1974 to 1989. Forty-four children were operated on with 64 thoracotomies (50 wedge resections, 5 segmentectomies, 2 pneumonectomies, 6 biopsies, 1 excision of an inflammatory granuloma): 23 of these children are alive, and 17 of them without any adjuvant radiotherapy. Thirty-two were not operated on; of the 13 that are alive, 7 had no adjuvant radiotherapy. The indications for surgery were: to treat a complication of the metastasis, to verify persistent images on CT-scan, but essentially to avoid more aggressive treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy) with its risk of sequelae in children.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale Pédiatrique, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gruner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ranke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grapin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Chirurgie des métastases pulmonaires de l'enfant.