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(Chest. 1956;29:577-582.)
© 1956 American College of Chest Physicians

Pneumothorax in Retrospect

ROBERT EDGAR MITCHELL JR. M.D.1 and JOSEPH K. BRADFORD M.D.2

1 The Department of Medicine, Tulane University of Louisiana, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2 The Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana.

An analysis of 54 cases successfully treated primarily by pneumothorax while in the hospital, is presented. The reasons for the lack of complete follow-up information are discussed. The handicaps in the proper treatment of patients with extensive tuberculosis in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the period from 1940 to the advent of streptomycin are stressed. The conclusion is reached that the over-all results of treatment in this group: 81.4 per cent returned to full activity with no deaths, are satisfactory; a good initial result with pneumothorax in a suitable case will, in the great majority of instances, result in an excellent control over the patient's disease.






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