[Follow-up study of children with hypoxia following pneumothorax].

A group of 23 children suffering from neonatal hypoxia (pO2 less than 50 mm Hg) due to pneumothorax was examined at an average age of 14 months. Evaluation at this early developmental stage was accomplished by combination of "Motoscopy", "Vojta's postural reactions" and the "Concept of provocation of normal behaviour under adverse conditions". Development of the group as a whole was found to be unexpectedly good: Two children with cerebral palsy, and seven with yet undefinable developmental course versus fourteen obviously normally developing children. Pneumothorax and drainage did not cause the frequent transient postural asymmetries in this group.