Effective surgical palliation of giant compressive bullous emphysema (vanishing lung syndrome): long-term follow-up.

  • 1 March 1976
    • journal article
    • Vol. 42  (3) , 181-5
Abstract
Giant compressive bullous emphysema is rare. The three major considerations for operation involve a breathless patient with giant bullae occupying more than one-third of one lung field who has a positive pulmonary arteriogram revealing diminished blood flow to the involved lung. Finally, we think that the survivors in our series, eight long-term postoperative patients alive one year to 14 years, supply gratifying evidence that surgery can provide effective and safe palliation.

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