title: [Thoracoscopic management of suspected thoraco-pulmonary malignant diseases in pediatric age].
abstract: Recent improvements and miniaturization of instruments have encouraged a wider use of thoracoscopy and laparoscopy as a modality for diagnostic and operative procedures in pediatric age. The utility of thoracoscopy in pediatric patients with suspected thoracopulmonary oncological diseases is shown by diagnostic accuracy and, if necessary, the possibility to perform at the meantime a mininvasive surgery. We report the experience of our Institution in 16 patients with suspected thoraco-pulmonary oncological diseases and treated for this reason with thoracoscopy. Thoracoscopic is indicated in cases of suspected oncological diseases in children both for diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgia Pediatrica, Università degli Studi, Bologna. m.lima@med.unibo.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertozzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dòmini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pession
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Libri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antonellini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pelusi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fae
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012737:Sex Factors; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed