Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . The treatment of pectus carinatum has evolved in the last two decades. Nowadays, the first line of treatment is a nonoperative remodeling of the chest by means of…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Pectus excavatum is a depression of the anterior chest wall. It can be present at birth or may develop during childhood or early adolescence. The depression usually gets…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Both patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and vascular rings often require surgical treatment. Persistent PDAs can lead to congestive heart failure, failure to thrive, and pulmonary hypertension as well…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Aortopexy is indicated in young patients with life-threatening tracheal obstruction secondary to severe tracheomalacia. The tracheomalacia may be primary or secondary. The secondary form is often seen in…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Esophageal atresia (EA), with or without a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), is one of the more uncommon congenital anomalies, occurring in 1 in 5000 births. These newborns present shortly…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com. Management of anterior and middle mediastinal masses in children often depends on obtaining tissue for diagnosis. Conversely, most posterior mediastinal masses require resection. Historically, several modalities have been available,…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Indications for Workup and Operation Thoracoscopy is now the preferred approach for the operative treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) due to ease of operation and patient tolerance,…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Empyema thoracis is a collection of inflammatory fluid in the thoracic cavity. It usually arises as a complication of pneumonia, but it may also result from trauma, subdiaphragmatic…
This chapter discusses the minimally invasive repair of a Bochdalek (posterolateral) congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and an anterior Morgagni diaphragmatic hernia. Bochdalek Diaphragmatic Hernia Bochdalek hernias develop in early gestation and are located in the posterolateral aspect of the diaphragm.…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . Thoracoscopy was first described in the early 1900s, and by the mid-1990s, thoracoscopic lung biopsy had become accepted as a superior technique for obtaining tissue in cases of…