PULMONARY OPERATIONS IN EMPHYSEMATOUS PATIENTS

Although emphysema itself is a disease of the entire lungs and so is not amenable to surgical therapy, there are many conditions in emphysematous patients in which surgical operation can be quite helpful—for example, some complications of emphysema and some conditions not etiologically related to em...

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Published inCalifornia medicine Vol. 97; no. 6; pp. 350 - 351
Main Author MAY, I A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.12.1962
Subjects
Blister
Body Fluids
Communicable Diseases
Drainage
Humans
Lung
Old Medline
Pneumonectomy
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary Emphysema
Suction
DRAINAGE
PNEUMONECTOMY
PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA
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Summary:Although emphysema itself is a disease of the entire lungs and so is not amenable to surgical therapy, there are many conditions in emphysematous patients in which surgical operation can be quite helpful—for example, some complications of emphysema and some conditions not etiologically related to emphysema but affecting the lungs. Among these conditions are infectious diseases (pneumonia, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis and infected bullae) and other conditions such as spontaneous pneumothorax, the presence of space-occupying bullae and carcinoma. The surgical treatment required may range from suction or drainage to wide resection.
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ISSN:0008-1264
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