Malformations of the lungs

The postoperative fatal cases following lung resections and those following drainage of pleuropulmonary suppuration have been evaluated. It has been shown that prognosis is significantly better when resections of the lung are carried out than when septic processes in the pleural cavity occur, although the operative interferences in cases of resection are much more extensive than the insertion of a suction catheter for empyema. It was found that with today's methods of anaesthesia and resuscitation even extensive operations on the lung are less risky than bacterial infections.