Some debatable questions of surgical treatment of chronic non-specific lung diseases in children

Abstract

A number of children with chronic non-specific lung diseases requiring surgical treatment has reduced last decades due to improved therapy of pneumonia in children and to diminution in number of congenital lung defects. A discussion of surgical treatment for chronic non-specific lung diseases in children generally considers particular problems; principal points in this field are thought to be solved. The main point is an early revelation of children with pathology suspicious for chronic non-specific lung diseases and timely qualified X-ray and bronchological examination.