Evaluation of treatment of emphysematous giant bullae.
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Surgical treatment of emphysematous bullae: late outcome.
From 1967 to 1972 12 patients were operated on for emphysematous bullae in the Liverpool regional cardiothoracic centre. The patient with the poorest lung function died in the immediate postoperative period but the remainder survived for more than five years. All but one of the survivors showed evidence of benefit three to six months after surgery and all those not retired returned to full-time...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0917-4141,1884-1724
DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg1987.5.29