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Alejandro Madurga1,2, María Victoria López Canelada1, María Velayos1

  • 1Department of Pediatric Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, 28046 Madrid, Spain.

Children (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 27, 2026
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Retained thoracoamniotic shunts (TAS) can cause complications in newborns. Early thoracoscopic removal is a safe and effective treatment for infants experiencing recurrent effusions or respiratory distress.

Keywords:
fetal pleural effusionminimally invasive surgeryneonatal thoracoscopyrecurrent pleural effusionretained shuntshunt migrationthoracoamniotic shunting

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