Pediatric Surgery

Pulmonary ProblemsMauney and Sabiston116 reported pulmonary scanning to be of value in the diagnosis of lobar emphysema of infancy.Stiles et al.117 presented their experience with pleural empyema in childhood, largely staphylococcal in origin. This disease is still prevalent, although less common than it was 15 years ago118 owing to newer synthetic penicillins in current use. The principles of current management of empyema do not differ from those of several decades past119; early and total evacuation of empyema is the goal, after which decortication should seldom be needed. Ceruti et al.120 reported follow-up studies in 36 children two . . .