Phrenicectomy and Intercostal Neurectomy for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Authors: John Alexander
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 October 1930Phrenicectomy and Intercostal Neurectomy for Pulmonary TuberculosisJOHN ALEXANDER, M.A., M.D., F.A.C.S.JOHN ALEXANDER, M.A., M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-4-348 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSatisfactory results from the use of surgery in certain of those cases of pulmonary tuberculosis which have failed to do well under sanatorium régime have been sufficiently numerous to create a demand for extension of the classical indications. This demand is being met. A few new procedures are being introduced, the effects of the old ones are now better understood, operative technique is being constantly improved and combinations of various procedures are being applied to a steadily widening variety of cases.Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis is being used more frequently than ever for both restricted and extensive lesions in either the...Bibliography1 ALEXANDER J: Unilateral Paralysis of the Diaphragm for Early Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Amer. Rev. Tuberc., 1924-1925, 10, 27-34. Google Scholar2 ALEXANDER J: Operative Technique of Phrenic Nerve Interruption, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1929, 49, 372-375. Google Scholar3 ALEXANDER J: The Surgery of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Philadelphia and New York, Lea & Febiger, 1925, 175-201. Google Scholar4 ALEXANDER J: Multiple Intercostal Neurectomy for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Amer. Rev. Tuberc, 1929, 20, 637-684. Google Scholar5 AMBERSON JB: Verbal communication, May, 1929. Google Scholar6 BÉRARDGUILLEMINETDESJACQUES : La phrénicectomie dans le traitement de la tuberculose pulmonaire, Arch. Franco-Belges de Chir., 1926, 29, 373-408. Google Scholar7 DUMARESTBÉRARD L: Les résultats de la phrénicectomie dans le traitement de la tuberculose pulmonaire, Rev. de la Tuberc., 1928, 9, 161-176. Google Scholar8 CAMPBELL AJ: Diaphragmatic Paralysis as a Therapeutic Measure in Intrathoracic Surgery, Quart. Jour. Med. 1928, 21, 463-487. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 DAVIES HM: Phrenic Evulsion as an Aid in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Bronchiectasis, Brit. Med. Jour. No. 3399, Feb. 20, 1926, 315-320. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 JESSEN H: Zur Frage der künstlichen Zwerchfellähmung, Beitr. z. Klin. d. Tuberk., 1926, 64, 613-623. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 KREMER : Ergänzungsoperationen zum künstlichen Pneumothorax, Beitr. z. Klin. d. Tuberk. 1925, 61, 707-718. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 MAYERLEETCH EH: Cavities in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Rapid Contraction of Upper and Lower Lobe Cavities with Phrenicectomy, Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., 1929, 93, 272-276. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 O'BRIEN EJ: Surgery of the Phrenic Nerve and Intrapleural Pneumolysis, Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., 1929, 92, 463-465. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 PIGGER H: Phrenicoexhairese bei doppelseitiger Lungentuberkulose, Beitr. z. Klin. d. Tuberk., 1926, 65, 262-268. Google Scholar15 WELLES ES: Phrenicectomy in 300 Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Arch. Surg., 1929, 19, 1169-1174. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 WERNERO'BRIEN WIEJ: Closure of Cavities by Phrenicectomy, Personal letter, Feb. 6, 1930. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JOHN ALEXANDER, M.A., M.D., F.A.C.S.*Part of a symposium on "The Surgery of Pulmonary Tuberculosis" presented by invitation before the 14th annual meeting of the American College of Physicians at Minneapolis, February 14, 1930.†From the Department of Surgery (Division of Thoracic Surgery), University of Michigan Medical School. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Combined ThoracoplastyMULTIPLE INTERCOSTAL NEURECTOMY FOR PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISCHEST IMMOBILIZATION IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS 1 October 1930Volume 4, Issue 4 Page: 348-360 Keywords Denervation Lesions Paralysis Surgery Thoracic surgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...