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(Chest. 1954;26:123-126.)
© 1954 American College of Chest Physicians

The Role of Segmental Resection for Bronchiectasis in Conserving Pulmonary Function

RICHARD H. OVERHOLT M.D., F.C.C.P.1; JAMES H. WALKER M.D., F.C.C.P.2; and BENJAMIN E. ETSTEN M.D.3

1 Clinical Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Tufts College Medical School; Thoracic Surgeon, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston.
2 Instructor in Surgery, Tufts College Medical School; Thoracic Surgeon, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston.
3 Anesthetist-in-Chief, New England Deaconess Hospital and Pratt Diagnostic Clinic; Professor of Anesthesia, Tufts Medical School, Boston.

Compensatory hyperinflation of lung tissue following segmental resection does not impair intrapulmonary mixing of gases as shown in both case reports. Pulmonary function of the remaining lung tissue following segmental resection for bronchiectasis is of physiological value.






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