Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation

To investigate the safety and effectiveness of preoperative aerosol inhalation ICG solution for thoracoscopic accurate resection of congenital lung malformations in children.

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare conservative wait-and-see management to elective surgical intervention, in asymptomatic Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM) children. Children assigned to the intervention group will undergo surgical resection of the CPAM between 6 and 9 months of age. Children assigned to the control group will be monitored conservatively. The follow-up scheme will be uniform for both treatment groups and last for 5 years. The primary outcome is the difference in maximal endurance at five years of age between the surgical and conservative group. Secondary outcome measures are molecular genetic diagnostics, validated questionnaires - on parental anxiety, quality of life and health care consumption -, repeated imaging, and pulmonary morbidity during follow-up, as well as surgical complications and histopathology.