Surgical Management Of Congenital Thoracic Disorders: A 15-Year Center Experience
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https://doi.org/10.48729/pjctvs.418Keywords:
Congenital, Thoracic Malformation, Congenital Lung Malformation, Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation, Bronchogenic Cyst, Pulmonary Sequestration, Congenital Lobar EmphysemaAbstract
Introduction: Congenital thoracic disorders represent a spectrum of fetal lung bud development abnormalities, which may affect breathing capacity and quality of life. We aim to evaluate the impact of surgery in the treatment of 4 major congenital conditions.Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of patients who underwent surgical treatment in our tertiary center, from 2007 to 2022.
Results: Over the 15-year period, we treated 33 patients, with a male predominance of 55%. 22 patients (67%) were asymptomatic. When symptomatic, the recurrence of respiratory infections was the most common clinical presentation (18%). In 13 patients (39%), diagnosis was achieved through fetal ultrasonography. This study encompassed 13 patients with pulmonary sequestration (39%), 11 patients with bronchogenic cysts (33%), 7 patients with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (21%) and 2 patients with congenital lobar emphysema (6%). Considering solely lung malformation conditions, we accounted 22 patients with a median age of 3 [1-67] years-old. Surgery comprised bilobectomy (9%), lobectomy (77%), lobectomy with wedge resection (5%), segmentectomy (5%) and wedge resection (5%). Concerning bronchogenic cysts, we treated 11 patients with a median age of 19 [14-66] years-old. We identified 1 hilar, 1 intrapulmonary and 9 mediastinal lesions, of which 4 were paraesophageal, 4 were subcarinal and 1 was miscellaneous. Overall, surgery was conducted by thoracotomy in 61% of patients, VATS in 33% and RATS in 6%. The median drainage time was 3 [1-40] days and median hospital stay was 4 [1-41] days. There were no cases of mortality. Ensuing, 94% of patients experienced clinical improvement after surgery.
Conclusion: Early diagnosis of congenital thoracic malformations increased considerably with the improvement in imaging technology and prenatal screening. Treatment may include expectant conservative treatment. However, in selected cases, surgery may play an important role in symptomatic control and prevention of disease progression.
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