[The role of surgery in tuberculosis in children].

Despite increasingly rigorous preventive measures which have limited the number of cases in France, the number of children undergoing surgery for tuberculosis has remained unchanged. Over the last ten years we operated on 40 children in our pediatric unit. In 10 cases, surgery was indicated for diagnosis, in 19 cases surgery was required in an emergency situation during treatment and in 11 the operation was performed at the stage of sequellae.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for right middle lobectomy in children.

This case-control study was designed to evaluate the potential advantages and disadvantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for right middle lobectomy in children. Ten children (6.1±3.