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F. Sauerbruch
Die Chirurgie der Brustorgane
E. Archibald, A. Brown (1927)
DANGERS OF INTRODUCING IODIZED OIL INTO THE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL SYSTEMJAMA, 88
C. Hedblom, J. Head (1927)
ON THE USE OF LIPIODOL IN RELATION TO THORACIC SURGERY.Annals of surgery, 85 2
J. Mumford, S. Robinson (1914)
THE SURGICAL ASPECTS OF BRONCHIECTASISAnnals of Surgery, 60
E. Archibald (1924)
The Surgical Treatment of Bronchiectasis.Canadian Medical Association journal, 14 3
W. Downes (1920)
LOBECTOMY FOR BRONCHIECTASISAnnals of Surgery, 71
H. Lilienthal (1914)
IX. Pulmonary Abscess and Bronchiectasis: A Clinical Report.Annals of surgery, 59 6
E. Graham
CAUTERY PNEUMECTOMY FOR CHRONIC SUPPURATION OF THE LUNG: A REPORT OF TWENTY CASESArchives of Surgery, 10
S. Robinson (1917)
THE RESECTION OF LOBES OF THE LUNGJAMA
C. Hedblom
GRADED EXTRAPLEURAL THORACOPLASTY IN THE TREATMENT OF DIFFUSE UNILATERAL BRONCHIECTASISArchives of Surgery, 8
E. Graham
THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF BRONCHIECTASIS: WITH A REPORT CF THREE CASES OF REMOVAL OF A LOBE OF THE LUNGArchives of Surgery, 6
Bronchiectasis is an infection in a pathologic dilatation of one or more bronchial segments. Various coexisting stages of inflammatory thickening, ulcerative thinning and cicatricial contraction of the bronchial walls characterize the pathologic anatomy and determine the clinical manifestations of the disease. The infection may remain limited to the bronchial walls or extend into the lung parenchyma with resulting sclerosis or pulmonary abscess, or both. Bronchiectasis may be unilateral or bilateral, localized or diffuse, cylindric, saccular or fusiform. It usually affects the lower lobes only, the left more often than the right. The dilatations of the bronchi may be congenital or acquired. In the congenital type, infection determines the onset of symptoms. In the acquired, infection and various mechanical factors play a variable combined rôle in producing the dilatations. DIAGNOSIS The diagnosis of bronchiectasis has been based essentially on the presence of a chronic cough with purulent sputum and on the
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Oct 22, 1927
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