Successful lung volume reduction surgery in an infant with emphysema after respiratory syncytial virus-induced obliterative bronchiolitis

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 May;145(5):e47-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.01.037. Epub 2013 Feb 16.

Authors

Jun Yanagisawa¹, Takeshi Shiraishi, Yuki Okamatsu, Akinori Iwasaki

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Thoracic, Breast and Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. jyanagi@fukuoka-u.ac.jp

PMID: 23419653
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.01.037

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bronchiolitis Obliterans / diagnosis
Bronchiolitis Obliterans / physiopathology
Bronchiolitis Obliterans / surgery*
Bronchiolitis Obliterans / virology
Female
Humans
Infant
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / physiopathology
Lung / surgery*
Lung / virology
Pneumonectomy*
Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnosis
Pulmonary Emphysema / physiopathology
Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery*
Pulmonary Emphysema / virology
Recovery of Function
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / complications*
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / diagnosis
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / physiopathology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / virology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome