The Etiological Study of Pulmonary Abscess and their Resectional Treatment

Kim, Jin Sik

doi:1963.0.15.47

Tuberc Respir Dis > Issue 15; 1963 > Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1963;15:47-56.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1963.15.1.47 Published online December 1, 1963.

The Etiological Study of Pulmonary Abscess and their Resectional Treatment

Jin Sik Kim

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Collage of Medicine Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Abstract

Study of clinical observation and surgical treatment for various type of pulmonary abscess, including 28 males and 2 females, represent following results. 1. Of 30 cases of pulmonary abscess which were treated by resection, 23 were pyogenic, 5 were amedic, one was malignant and other was lipoid pneumonitis in their etiological origin. 2. the direct pulmonary involvement from neighboring organs, for example from liver abscess and esophageal fistula revealed high incidence of 23%. This is probably due to the high morbidity of amedic liver abscesses and esophagical diseases in Korea. 3. 4. 5.

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