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Calif Med. 1962 Dec;97(6):350-1.
Although emphysema itself is a disease of the entire lungs and so is not amenable to surgical therapy, there are many conditions in emphysematous patients in which surgical operation can be quite helpful-for example, some complications of emphysema and some conditions not etiologically related to emphysema but affecting the lungs. Among these conditions are infectious diseases (pneumonia, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis and infected bullae) and other conditions such as spontaneous pneumothorax, the presence of space-occupying bullae and carcinoma. The surgical treatment required may range from suction or drainage to wide resection.
虽然肺气肿本身是一种累及全肺的疾病，因此不适合手术治疗，但肺气肿患者存在许多情况，手术操作可能会非常有帮助——例如，肺气肿的一些并发症以及一些与肺气肿无病因学关联但影响肺部的情况。这些情况包括传染病（肺炎、支气管扩张、肺结核和感染性肺大疱）以及其他情况，如自发性气胸、存在占位性肺大疱和癌症。所需的手术治疗范围可能从抽吸或引流到广泛切除。
