ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2025
Clinical outcomes after surgical resection in asymptomatic and symptomatic children with congenital lung malformations.
Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Surgical Management of Congenital Lung Malformations: Indications, Timing, and Outcomes.Journal of chest surgery · 2026Review
- Trends in surgical approach and pediatric pulmonology follow-up for operated congenital thoracic malformations.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Critical Care Dilemma: Complex Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation With Pulmonary Hypertension in a Neonate.Cureus · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeOur study aims to evaluate the outcomes of children with congenital lung malformation (CLM) who have undergone surgical resection.
methodsA retrospective analysis was conducted among children under 18 who were diagnosed with CLM and underwent surgery at Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University between January 2007 and December 2023. We collected data on surgical outcomes, including operative time, postoperative complications, and mortality rate.
resultsDuring our study period, a total of 38 children with CLM were undergone surgery. The median time for diagnosis was 9 months (IQR 1-33 months). Congenital pulmonary airway malformation was the most common diagnosis, affecting 26 children (68.4%). Of these, 25 children were operated on when they presented with symptoms, while 13 children were operated on even though they were asymptomatic. The median age at surgery was 12 months (IQR 3-32 months) for symptomatic children and 6 months (IQR 3-12 months) for asymptomatic children (P = 0.201). After the surgery, symptomatic children had a higher rate of postoperative complications than asymptomatic children, with 52% and 15.4%, respectively (P = 0.028). The median length of stay for symptomatic children was 17 days, compared to 11 days for asymptomatic children (P = 0.280).
conclusionsEarly surgery of CLM in asymptomatic children was associated with a lower rate of postoperative complications. Further studies are needed to investigate long-term complications.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.