[Immediate and long-term results of the treatment of patients with lung abscess]

The immediate results of conservative (116 subjects) and surgical (37 subjects) treatment of patients with lung abscesses were studied and the remote outcomes were followed up for periods of 1 to 8 years in 104 therapeutically treated and 33 surgically treated patients. 13.7 and 40.4 per cent of the patients, respectively, were discharged from the hospital after complete and clinical recovery. In 41.6 per cent of the patients, chronic abscesses were stated. 4.3 per cent of the patients died. After the surgical treatment postoperative complications were observed in 51.3 per cent of the patients, fatal outcomes were stated in 10.8 per cent and 21.7 per cent of the patients were qualified as invalids. In the remote periods complete and clinical recovery was stated in 26.8 and 52.8 per cent of the patients respectively, 4 (4.1 per cent) patients died and 7.4 per cent of the patients previously engaged in manual work and 3.0 per cent of the patients previously engaged in mental work were qualified as permanent invalids.