Lung volume reduction surgery in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. A case report

Clinical Case Reports

Jan de Laffolie⁴  Markus Hirschburger³  Jürgen Bauer¹  Lars D. Berthold²  Dirk Faas⁴ 

[1] Department Pediatric Cardiology, Childrens Hospital, University Giessen, Giessen, Germany;Department Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany;Department General and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany;Department General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Childrens Hospital, University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

关键词: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia;    emphysema;    prematurity;    surgery;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ccr3.35

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Key Clinical Message

A preterm infant at the age of 9 months with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and large lobar emphysema, compromising ventilation into adjacent lobes with respiratory failure under maximal conservative treatment and pulmonary arterial hypertension recovered initially well after bilateral lung volume reduction surgery, but progressed 2 years later into respiratory failure. The initial imaging with Magnetic-Resonance-Imaging (MRI)-Angiography and decision-making was difficult and interdisciplinary treatment was essential.

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