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(Chest. 1955;28:638-650.)
© 1955 American College of Chest Physicians

Surgical Treatment of Bullous Emphysema

HARRY E. WALKUP M.D.1 and MARK W. WOLCOTT M.D.2

1 Assistant Chief, Thoracic Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Oteen, North Carolina.
2 Chief, Thoracic Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Forest Hills Division, Augusta, Ga.

Over-all results of excisional surgery for emphysematous bullae and blebs are most gratifying and the fact that 93 per cent of this small series obtained some degree of improvement following operation makes this method of surgical management compare favorably with other forms of treatment found in the present day literature. If the fact that we are striving for an improvement of symptoms, rather than a cure, is constantly kept in mind, many patients with severe degrees of pulmonary incapacitation can be restored from a state of marked infirmity to a restricted, but useful, life.






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