Open AccessSurgical treatment of right middle lobe syndrome in children
Author(s) -
Abidin Şehitoğulları,
Fuat Sayır,
Ufuk Çobanoğlu,
Salim Bilici
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.91554
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiectasis , atelectasis , surgery , sputum , bronchoscopy , chronic cough , tuberculosis , lung , asthma , pathology
Right middle lobe syndrome is a rare entity in children, causing high morbidity. Our experience of these patients including their clinical and laboratory characteristics, indications forsurgical management, postoperative courses, and follow-up results was evaluated.