Preoperative Embolization Facilitates Segmental Resection of Pulmonary Sequestration in an Infant
The most common congenital lung malformations are congenital pulmonary airway malformations and pulmonary sequestrations. Many surgeons advocate resection to prevent complications of infection, malignancy, and pneumothorax. The standard of care is lobectomy, but segmentectomy and embolization alone...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2021-01-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1721043 |