Pneumonostomy in the management of pediatric lung abscess.
Emergency pneumonostomy was curative in a critically ill child with acute lung abscess. This procedure may be indicated for the rare acute lung abscess which fails to respond to medical therapy.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods