title: [Bullous emphysema of the lung (our experience)].
abstract: Ten patients (9 males and 1 female; mean age: 44.8 yrs) with bullous lung disease were treated. Frequent patient-history findings were smoking and spontaneous pneumothorax. Nine cases were treated surgically either by bullectomy or atypical resection. In one case, an attempt at endobullous aspiration failed owing to the patient's very poor general condition. Among the postoperative complications in three cases we observed difficult pulmonary re-expansion and infection of the surgical wound with consequent pleural empyema in another.
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Verona.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montresor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fichera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abrescia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Modena
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Briani
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Puchetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Le bolle enfisematose del polmone (nostra esperienza).