title: [Pediatric surgery emphasis in diseases of the mediastinum].
abstract: Airway obstruction, dysphagia and mediastinal masses are the most common causes for surgery of the mediastinum in the pediatric age group. From 1976-1990, 82 children underwent such surgery: 7 tracheoplasties, 4 endotracheal resection of a membrane, 6 stenoses due to haemangioma or lymphangioma, 2 papillomatosis of the trachea, 8 pexes of the aorta or the innominate artery due to tracheomalacia, 7 vascular rings (4 right descendent aorta, 3 double aortic arch), 4 congenital esophageal stenoses, 44 mediastinal tumors (20 malignant, 24 benign lesions).
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Mautner Markhof'sches Kinderspital, Wien.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Horcher
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*