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THORACOPLASTY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: A GENERAL SURVEY OF FORTY‐SEVEN CASES. 1
Author(s) -
Hutson A. M.
Publication year - 1940
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.1445-2197.1940.tb03064.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , surgery , disease , pediatrics , pathology
Summary During the eight‐year period 1931–1938 inclusive, forty‐seven patients were subjected to thoracoplasty at the Austin Hospital. Of these, thirty‐four are still living and thirteen have died. Seven deaths were directly attributed to the operation and six to the eventual progression of the disease. The immediate mortality due to the operation was therefore 15%, and the total mortality over the eight‐year period 27‐6%. Of the surviving patients, twenty‐four have either no sputum or residual sputum microscopically “negative” for tubercle bacilli. Of these, eighteen are able to carry on their normal, or some suitable, occupation, three have been working and free of symptoms for over five years, and may be classed as “clinically cured”; a further ten have been well for over two years and appear to be maintaining their general health.