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AN ANALYSIS OF SIXTY-THREE CASES

JULIAN A. MOORE, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1930;20(2):175-198.

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While much has been written about phrenicectomy, few reporters have evaluated the results of the operation in a large series of cases. This article, in which the late results of phrenicectomy performed by the surgical staff of the University Hospital for various pulmonary diseases are considered, is presented as a contribution toward a better appreciation of the indications for the procedure.

HISTORY

In 1911, Stuertz¹ first suggested paralyzing half the diaphragm by division of the phrenic nerve in the base of the neck, in order to relax a diseased lower lobe which could not be compressed by artificial pneumothorax. He believed that it was especially indicated in basal bronchiectasis and tuberculosis. Sauerbruch,² in 1913, reported five cases in which he had performed phrenicotomy.

In the next few years the operation was performed by other European surgeons for a variety of pulmonary lesions. Walther,³ in 1914, showed that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ANN ARBOR, MICH.

From the Department of Surgery, University Hospital, the University of Michigan Medical School.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Sept. 3, 1929.

Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Surgery of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Medical Science for graduate work in surgery.

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