title: Video-assisted thoracoscopy in compromised pediatric patients.
abstract: The use of video-assisted techniques (VATs) in the paediatric field has become increasingly more frequent, based on reports of prompter recovery following VATs in respect to standard techniques. Specific advantages have been documented, in particular for pediatric patients undergoing chemioradiotherapic treatment. We retrospectively reviewed data of severely compromised patients who underwent VAT for lung wedge resections and biopsies carried out in our center over a 7-year period. As far as the area of therapeutic tumor resection is concerned, the present data are consistent with the view that thoracoscopy is both an effective and safe tool in diagnostic procedures.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padova, Italy. piergiorgio.gamba@unipd.it
authors.forename: Piergiorgio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gamba
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Midrio
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Betalli
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Snijders
authors.forename: Francesco Fascetti
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Leon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted