PROGNOSIS IN BRONCHOPULMONARY SEQUESTRATION

 

The postnatal outcome correlates with the presence or absence and severity of associated anomalies, pulmonary hypoplasia and hemodynamic disturbances (1).

 

 

ALGORITHM FOR EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF

PRENATALLY DIAGNOSES PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION

Obsterics and Gynecology 1999;94(4):567-571

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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