Abstract
After several years' experience as members of a thoracic surgery team, we have become convinced of the importance and value of teamwork in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous types of pulmonary disorders. Although there is not unanimous accord with the following statement, we feel that thoracic surgery has already become a highly specialized division of general surgery and that special training for this type of surgery is required. The improved methods of diagnosis and treatment now available make it possible to obtain results in the treatment of certain varieties of pulmonary disorder which are far better than have been achieved heretofore. Treatment of some of these conditions may be carried out by so-called medical care alone, this may be combined with bronchoscopic treatment, or the two methods may be combined with surgical intervention. As an adjunct to medical treatment we find that bronchoscopic treatment is much more efficacious in
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