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Case Reports
. 1983 Oct;18(5):625-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(83)80377-7.

Pneumonostomy in the management of pediatric lung abscess

Case Reports

Pneumonostomy in the management of pediatric lung abscess

S R Lacey et al. J Pediatr Surg. 1983 Oct.

Abstract

Emergency pneumonostomy was curative in a critically ill child with acute lung abscess. This procedure may be indicated for the rare acute lung abscess which fails to respond to medical therapy.

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