Physiologic consequences of pneumonectomy. Long-term consequences of pneumonectomy done in children.
Lung resections in children are performed for a variety of reasons including congenital malformations, infections, bronchiectasis, and tumors. There are no long-term reports on pneumonectomy alone in children, but those on lung resection as a group state that children tolerate these operations well, with mild sequelae if any, and that the majority of them in adulthood can perform non-physically demanding jobs adequately. The authors' findings concur with the reports that younger patients can endure pulmonary resections with minimal functional limitations.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors