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SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LUNG ABSCESS AND OF BRONCHIECTASIS. 1
Author(s) -
Bennett L. A.
Publication year - 1934
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1934.tb04468.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lung abscess , bronchiectasis , abscess , lung , surgery , avulsion , pathological , pleural cavity , pathology
Summary 1. The physiology of the pleural cavity, medical treatment, pathological changes and localization of cavities in the lung are considered very briefly,*in so far as they influence surgical treatment of intrapulmonary suppuration. 2. The indications for surgical measures in abscess of the lung and bronchiectasis are discussed. 3. The operative procedures in general use are considered, with details of surgical technique of the operations of external drainage of abscess of the lung, partial cautery lobectomy and phrenic avulsion.