PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS FOLLOWING GASTRIC RESECTION
Authors: H FRUCHT, P KUNKEL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 April 1957PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS FOLLOWING GASTRIC RESECTIONHOWARD FRUCHT, M.D., PAUL KUNKEL, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD M. SPIRO, M.D.HOWARD FRUCHT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL KUNKEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HOWARD M. SPIRO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-4-696 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn advising operation for a patient with peptic ulcer, the physician must weigh the potential gain against the operative risk and, what is more important, against the postoperative disability. Definite surgical indications, such as repeated bleeding, are easily recognized. The so-called "intractable ulcer," for which elective operation is considered, offers the most difficult problem, and decision is often swayed by a narrow margin. Most of the postoperative difficulties following gastric surgery are well known, but one possible complication, which only recently has begun to attract attention, is increased susceptibility to tuberculosis.Our interest in this complication was aroused by a...Bibliography1. Warthin TA: Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis in relation to subtotal gastrectomy for peptic ulcer, Am. J. M. Sc. 225: 421, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WinkelbauerFrisch AAV: Ulcus pepticum und Lungentuberkulose, Wien. klin. Wchnschr. 40: 309, 1927. Google Scholar3. FrischBock AE: Magenresektion und Lungentuberculose, Wien. med. Wchnschr. 105: 375, 1955. Google Scholar4. AmeuilleWilmoth PP: Tuberculose pulmonaire post-operatoire, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris 58: 374, 1943. Google Scholar5. OlmerHuguet JR: La tuberculose pulmonaire chez les gastrectomises, Presse méd. 55: 834, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Villate , cited by Brouet.8 Google Scholar7. Brochen G, cited by Brouet.8 Google Scholar8. BrouetMarcheBrochenBourven GJGA: La tuberculose des gastrectomises et des ulcereux, Paris méd. 41: 64, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. HartmanGueninFavert LPR: Etude clinique et biologie de 100 cas de gastrectomies subtotale pour lesions benignes, Arch. d. mal. de l'app. digestif. 41: 74, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. HillemandMaffeiHillemand PLDB: Gastrectomie et tuberculose pulmonaire, Arch. d. mal. de l'app. digestif. 41: 556, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. BrouetMarchePaley GJPY: Gastrectomie et tuberculose pulmonaire, Arch. d. mal. de l'app. digestif. 41: 385, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. Pearson RS: Pulmonary tuberculosis following partial gastrectomy, Gastroenterologia 81: 91, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. RentchnickDemole PM: La tuberculose pulmonaire chez les gastrectomises, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr. 84: 591, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. Allison ST: Pulmonary tuberculosis after subtotal gastrectomy, New England J. Med. 252: 862, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. ThornBrookesWaterhouse PAVSJA: Peptic ulcer, partial gastrectomy, and pulmonary tuberculosis, Brit. M. J. 1: 603, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 8, 1956.From the Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, the U. S. Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, Connecticut, and the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are a result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.This study was supported in part by a grant from the U. S. Public Health Service (C-2578) and the Fluid Research Funds of Yale University.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Howard M. Spiro, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 11, Connecticut. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLungentuberkulosePulmonary tuberculosis after gastric resectionChemoprophylaxis of Tuberculosis: When Is the Benefit Worth the Risk and Cost?THOMAS MOULDING, M.D., F.A.C.P.MagenCase 80-1962The chemoprophylaxis of tuberculosis 1 April 1957Volume 46, Issue 4Page: 696-705KeywordsGastroenterology and hepatologyHospital medicineMedical servicesNutritionPeptic ulcersResearch fundingSurgeryThoraxTuberculosisUlcers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...