Table 2

Surgically managed cases following recurrent respiratory infection

Total, n (% of all cases)11 (9.2)
Median age at surgery, years (range)1.6 (0.4–4.6)
Age at surgery, n (% of all cases)
  1 month to 1 year2 (1.7)
  1–2 years5 (4.2)
  2–3 years2 (1.7)
  3–4 years1 (0.8)
  4–5 years1 (0.8)
Histological diagnosis, n (% of RRI cases)
  CPAM (not typed)2 (18)
  CPAM (type 2)3 (27)
  PS3 (27)
  Hybrid1 (9.0)
  Bronchial atresia1 (9.0)
  Bronchogenic1 (9.0)
Histological evidence of inflammation, n (% of RRI cases)
  None3 (27)
  Acute8 (72)
  • CPAM, congenital pulmonary airway malformation; PS, pulmonary sequestration; RRI, recurrent respiratory infection.