title: Sleeve resection for bronchial carcinoid tumour in two children under six years old.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Paediatric tracheobronchial tumours are very rare, and pneumonectomy and lobectomy procedures are rarely indicated due to their surgical difficulties and high sequelae. Bronchoplastic techniques preserving lung parenchyma allow the resection and reconstruction of the main bronchi and carina.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we present a 6-year-old boy suffering from a carcinoid tumour of the right main bronchus which was successfully managed with a right upper sleeve lobectomy and a 4-year-old girl with an endobronchial carcinoid tumour narrowing the left main bronchus that received a sleeve resection of that bronchus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bronchoplastic techniques are widely used in adults, can be very successful in paediatric patients where the preservation of the lung parenchyma is more important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet caddesi, Capa, 34093/Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. basakerginel@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Basak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erginel
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berker
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet caddesi, Capa, 34093/Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Feryal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gun Soysal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet caddesi, Capa, 34093/Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alaaddin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet caddesi, Capa, 34093/Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tansu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures
keywords: Bronchial carcinoid tumour; Paediatric; Sleeve resection