Catamnesis of pediatric thoracic and abdominal cancer survivours

Thoracic, Thoraco-abdominal, and Abdominal Duplication.

Christine G. aged 8 years was admitted to this unit for elective thoracotomy for a bi-lobed right-sided posterior mediastinal lesion. At the age of 7 months she had been admitted to another hospital with profuse melaena. On 1 May 1956 laparotomy revealed a small bowel duplication 50 cm. in length, terminating distally in what appeared to be a Meckel's diverticulum. At the base of the diverticul...

Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Aneurysms of the aorta are at times evaluated and treated by physicians from a number of specialties. Indeed, whereas cardiac surgeons operate on the ascending aorta and arch and vascular surgeons manage abdominal aortic aneurysms, at present the responsibility often falls to cardiologists to oversee the medical care of patients with aortic disease of all types. However, although formally train...

Pediatric thoracic anesthesia.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Surgical interventions, including video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries, are increasingly being performed in the neonatal and pediatric populations. Thoracic anesthesia in infants and children poses special challenges for the anesthesiologist. These include assessment of the patient's clinical condition, obtaining and maintaining single lung ventilation, and maintaining adequ...

The Comparison of the Analgesic Effect of Intravenous Acetaminophen with Fentanyl in Thoracic and Abdominal Surgeries of Newborns

Background The use of opioid drugs for controlling pain during and after surgery is a common but complicated procedure in neonatal anesthesia. This study compared the analgesic effect of acetaminophen with fentanyl after abdominal and chest surgery in Iranian newborns. ...

[Thoracic and abdominal injuries in childhood].