Abstract

An account is given of the late results of treatment by artificial pneumothorax in 191 patients within the period 1925–1931. The results suggest that once pneumothorax treatment is instituted it ought to be carried out more actively than has been done here—and in most other clinics. Incomplete pneumothorax ought to be given up soon and replaced by other treatment, chiefly operative. In empyema, even when purely tuberculous, the prognosis with conservative treatment is poor; hence, early radical treatment of this lesion is indicated. Solitary adhesions to the chest wall ought to be severed by cauterisation, even though the cavity and bacilli have disappeared.

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