Left-sided Pneumonectomy in One-year Old Child a Result of Complicated Pleuropneumonia
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Pleuropneumonia in children with heavy complications often requires surgical treatment. In the accessible literature a couple of cases with pneumonectomy in children of different ages are described. Procedure is not often done because of intervention difficulty and the high risk of intra and postoperative complications. A clinical case of one-year old child with left-sided pneumonectomy because of chronic pleuropneumonia is presented. Taking the decision for removal of a pair organ is difficult and responsible, but in the presented case it solves a number of complications and improves the quality of patient’s life.
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