Two successful thoracotomies in an infant of very low birth weight.
A female infant with a birth weight of 750 g underwent successful thoracotomy twice, at an age of 5 days for persisting pneumo-pleural air leakage and at an age of 3 weeks for patent ductus arteriosus causing heart failure.
D000367:Age Factors; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013903:Thoracic Surgery