MECHANISM OF GROWTH AND RUPTURE IN CEREBRAL BERRY ANEURYSMS
MECHANISM OF GROWTH AND RUPTURE IN CEREBRAL BERRY ANEURYSMS
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.1.5496.1138
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
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CROMPTON, MR
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CROMPTON, MR
An investigation was begun to assess thepossible surgical alleviation of" irreversible" airways obstruction due to emphysema. Fifty-two patients were studied by clinical and radiological examination, together with general and regional lung-function tests. Twenty-four patients were submitted to operation for resection or plication of bullae or localized trans-radiant areas. Nine patients showed clear evidence of func-tional improvement. Subjective improvement correlated most closely with the simple ventilatory tests, though isolated cases showed nmore improvement in other parameters. A notable finding was the improvement in five out of six patients who had basal lesions. The problems of selection of patients, the type of operation, and the significance of the functional results are discussed.We wish to thank members of the Medical Research Council's Cyclotron Unit at Hammersmith Hospital for their expert help with the'33Xe scans. Dr. John West was concerned with the examination of patients early in the series; we are most grateful for his help and advice. Miss E. Douglas and Nurse N. Lamb gave invaluable assistance with lung-function tests and the bronchoscopic procedures, while Mr. Len Smith and Mr. John Holden were responsible for maintaining the complex equipment, including the mass spectrometer, which did not fail during any bronchoscopic procedure. We are grateful to the physicians and surgeons from different hospitals who referred patients under their care to us for assessment, especially those at the Brompton Hospital, St. George's Hospital, Midhurst Sanatorium, St. Helier Hospital, and the Milford Chest Clinic. We are indebted to our surgical colleague, Mr. AM Macarthur, for his interest and cooperation in performing the surgery on most of the patients more recently in the series.