PULMONARY ABSCESS - THE HISTORY OF A COMP LICATION OVER A 45-YEAR PERIOD

Authors
SARTORETTI C MORO F SCHILLING J CAKMAKCI M LARGIADER F GEROULANOS S
Citation
C. Sartoretti et al., PULMONARY ABSCESS - THE HISTORY OF A COMP LICATION OVER A 45-YEAR PERIOD, Helvetica chirurgica acta, 59(5-6), 1993, pp. 867-872
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Helvetica chirurgica acta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00180181
Volume
59
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
867 - 872
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-0181(1993)59:5-6<867:PA-THO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
143 patients with lung abscesses were hospitalised at the Department o f Surgery at University Hospital Zurich from 1946 to 1990. Analysing o ur patients in a retrospective study we concluded as follows: 1. Lung abscesses have nearly disappeared in our patients. 2. Lung abscesses c an be cured without lethality. 3. Cancers of the lung causing abscesse s were not seen any more since 1960. 4. A compromised immunological sy stem appeared as a new pathogenetical factor since the beginning of th e 1980ies.