EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Authors: J B AMBERSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 September 1952EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISJ. BURNS AMBERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.J. BURNS AMBERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-3-482 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe picture of tuberculosis today contains its lights and shadows. The death rate is only about one-tenth of that in 1900, and the chance of acquiring the infection in childhood is less and less. Yet the disease is still the chief cause of death among those from 15 to 34 years of age, and it accounts for 3 per cent of all deaths in the United States each year. Those who fall sick with it and receive good treatment can now expect to live longer with recovered health than ever before. Toward this happy circumstance thoracic surgery is making important...Bibliography1. Refsum E: Thoracoplasty in the treatment of cavernous tuberculosis of the lung, Acta tuberc. Scandinav. Supplement 29, Copenhagen, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. AdieChildressBrezingTaylor GCWGHJD: Late results in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis by thoracoplasty, J. Thoracic Surg. 23: 92-96 (Jan.) 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. LeesYangPapoulakosAlexanderLarralde WMSCMJA: Results in 278 patients who had the modern type of thoracoplasty for tuberculosis, J. Thoracic Surg. 22: 329-340 (Oct.) 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Douglass R: Personal communication. Google Scholar5. EllisClagettCarr FHOTDT: Simultaneous pulmonary resection and thoracoplasty in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 65: 159-166 (Feb.) 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. ConklinTuhyGrismer WSJEJT: Thoracoplasty combined with resection for pulmonary tuberculosis, J. Thoracic Surg. 22: 271-294 (Sept.) 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. RyanMedlarWelles BJEMES: Simple excision in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, J. Thoracic Surg. 23: 327-340 (April) 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Medlar EM: Pathogenetic concepts of tuberculosis, Am. J. Med. 9: 611-622, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. OverholtWilsonGehrig RHNJLJ: The place of pulmonary resection in the treatment of tuberculosis, Dis. Chest 21: 32-50 (Jan.) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Chamberlain JM: Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 24, 1952. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGegenwärtige Indikationen zur PneumothoraxbehandlungCurrent Concepts in the Treatment of Pulmonary TuberculosisTHERAPY OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT AND RESECTION*ELI H. RUBIN, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 September 1952Volume 37, Issue 3Page: 482-488KeywordsDeath ratesFallsPediatric infectionsThoracic surgery Issue Published: 1 September 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...