title: Complications in the surgical management of children with malignant solid tumors.
abstract: With improvement in the outcomes for children with cancer has come an increasing focus on minimizing the morbidity from therapeutic interventions, including surgical procedures, while continuing to have a high likelihood of cure. Thus, an appreciation for the potential complications of surgery, both acute and long term, is critical when considering the risks and benefits of any procedure performed on a child with cancer. Although not meant to be an exhaustive review, here we discuss the most common and significant surgical complications that may occur when performing diagnostic, therapeutic, or supportive procedures in children with the most common malignant solid tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tennessee. Electronic address: andrew.davidoff@stjude.org.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Davidoff
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Pineda
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000601:surgery*; D010372:Pediatrics; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Complications; Neuroblastoma; Pediatric cancer; Sarcoma; Surgery; Wilms tumor