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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Access the accompanying videos for this chapter online. Available on ExpertConsult.com . The need to obtain diagnostic lung tissue occurs often in infants and children. Disease processes such as interstitial…
