Respiratory and Psychological Impact of Elective Surgery of Congenital Lung Malformations

The absence of surgery of Congenital lung malformations (CLMs), if it avoids a stressfull event, is accompanied by a "medicalization" of the child, which will be regularly followed up in a specialized medical and surgical environment. The persistent risk of complication, albeit low, is likely to induce over-protective parental behaviours, and to be associated with a sustained family anxiety reaction. The main objective is to test the hypothesis that the absence of surgery has a significant impact on parental anxiety, measurable at 6- 9 years of age.