Lung Resection in Children with Necrotizing Pneumonia: Outcome and Follow-up.
Barbora FrybovaVaclav KouckyPetr PohunekKristyna CejnarovaStepan CoufalAlena KokesovaVojtech DotlacilNatalia PetrasovaLucie PosJiri SnajdaufStepan HlavaNatali PolivkaMichal RyglPublished in: European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie (2021)
The number of patients with necrotizing pneumonia requiring resection has increased significantly in the last 3 years (p < 0.05). Aggressive surgical treatment results in significant clinical improvement in most cases and favorable lung function outcome. Long-term follow-up showed normal spirometry in 64.8% of cases.