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Respiratory functions after lung surgeries in children: review of the literature
Abstract
In pediatric surgery, the operation of the lung parenchyma tissue is generally performed with limited essential evaluations both before and after the operation. Decisions to be taken are formed around some basic examination methods. For this reason, this review aims to determine the routine and more specific methods in the literature, which are evaluated in pre-and postoperative processes related to lung parenchyma surgeries, and to examine how these methods are applied to which diseases. In the study, pre-and postoperative examination methods of the lung were primarily examined. Later, these evaluations were classified into two separate groups: congenital and acquired diseases. Rare surgeries were excluded from the study. Among the congenital diseases, congenital pulmonary airway malformation, congenital lobar emphysema, and primary ciliary dyskinesia are discussed. Among acquired diseases, infections and cancer are discussed. In general, it has been determined that there is no regular follow-up and no standard practice. The reason for this was that the evaluation processes were not based on a particular algorithm; personal approaches came to the fore, and it was determined that the individual characteristics of the patients were very variable. The literature regarding pre- and postoperative evaluations of patients undergoing lung parenchymal surgery is impoverished. There is an information gap where multicenter systematization studies can be made of the decision-making mechanisms initiated on an institutional basis regarding those who have these surgeries.

Keywords : Lung, function, surgery, children, congenital, acquired

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Article available in :
Volume 2, Issue 2, 2025
Page : 60-65
https://doi.org/10.51271/SOC-0037
Article Information
Received : 17 Sep 2023
Accepted : 04 Mar 2024
Published : 10 Apr 2025
Corresponding Author :

Atilla Şenaylı: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kırklareli University, Kırklareli, Turkiye

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Citation : Şenaylı A, Ulusoy Tangül S. Respiratory functions after lung surgeries in children: review of the literature. Surg Child. 2025;2(2):60-65.

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