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(Chest. 1952;21:32-50.)
© 1952 American College of Chest Physicians

The Place of Pulmonary Resection in the Treatment of Tuberculosis

RICHARD H. OVERHOLT M.D., F.C.C.P.1; NORMAN J. WILSON M.D.2; and LEO J. GEHRIG M.D.3

1 The Department of Surgery, Tufts College Medical School. Member of Staff of New England Deaconess Hospital, New England Center Hospital and Cambridge Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
2 Department of Surgery, Tufts College Medical School. Member of Staff of the New England Deaconess Hospital and Cambridge Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
3 Fellow in Thoracic Surgery, Tufts College Medical School. United States Public Health Service.

This study represents a careful analysis of 426 tuberculous patients subjected to 437 pulmonary resections between 1934 and January 1, 1950 (11 patients had a second resection). All except two of the living patients have been followed and their present condition evaluated. The following points of special interest are emphasized:

1) Outline of indications.

2) Comparison of results in pre- and post-streptomycin eras.

3) Analysis of present day risk of resection.

4) Preliminary report of a small group of segmental resections.

5) Late follow-up of patients

(a) Pre-streptomycin era —3 years to 16 years.

(b) Post-streptomycin era —6 months to 3 years.






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