Principles and Practices in Lobectomy (Including Segmental Resection) and Total Pneumonectomy for Bronchiectasis and Chronic Lung Abscess

¹ The Department of Surgery, Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine.

In two important chronic lung conditions the rationale of surgery has been presented, certain important technical considerations have been described, and the preoperative and postoperative management and the anesthetic routine have been outlined. Adams¹⁴ is correct when he says there is no more grateful group of patients than those who have been cured of chronic pulmonary disease by the surgical measures that are entirely practical today. [SEE THE FIGURE IN SOURCE PDF] Both bronchiectasis and lung abscess, however, are diseases in which the surgeon is not self-sufficient. He cannot expect success without the close and intimate cooperation of the internist, the roentgenologist and the anesthetist.