Minimally invasive surgery of the lung: lung biopsy, treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax, and pulmonary resection.
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.
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy