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(Chest. 1953;23:439-443.)
© 1953 American College of Chest Physicians

The Mechanism of Healing of Lung Cavities

HALIM A. ZAKI M.R.C.P., T.D.D.1 and A. RIDA M.D.2

1 Professor, Diseases of the Chest, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
2 Lecturer, Diseases of the Chest.

1) The factors that hold a cavity patent in the lung are discussed.

2) The reversal of the elastic pull to centripetal from centrifugal is discussed as necessary requisite for cavity closure.

3) Conclusions are drawn on the behavior of cavity healing based on our experience with: (a) Transpulmonary injection of antibiotics of lung abscesses. (b) Catheter fixation in tuberculous cavities and instillation of antibiotics and oil of chaulmougra.






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