title: Minimally invasive surgery of the lung: lung biopsy, treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax, and pulmonary resection.
abstract: Thoracoscopy of pediatric patients has evolved from diagnostic lung biopsy to a myriad of both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In this chapter, we discuss those procedures related to the child's lung which are most commonly performed: lung biopsy; resection of bronchogenic cysts, pulmonary sequestrations, and pulmonary lobes; and the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatric Surgery and Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA. slangenb@dmc.org
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Langenburg
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lelli
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy