… The management of lung abscess continues to challenge both physicians and surgeons.
The experience at the Toronto General Hospital over a 50-year period (1928 to 1975) has been …

… surgical literature of the management of lung abscess have become rather scarce. However,
prior to 1945, during the "prepenicillin era," when surgical … : Surgical implications. Chest 53: …

… The treatment for lung abscess has changed from antibiotic treatment alone [1] to physical
… [3], and surgical intervention [1, 4]. In 80±90% of cases, lung abscess responds to antibiotic …

… of abscesses, predisposing factors, microbial flora, surgical … treatment of lung abscess,
form the substance of this report. … Lung abscess: surgical implication. Can J Surg 1980; 23:297…

… DISCUSSION Necrotizing pneumonia, lung abscesses and lung gangrene represent a
spectrum of parenchymal destruction that can be loosely defined by the degree of inflammation, …

… Role of surgery Surgery for lung abscess in adult and paediatric patients has been associated
with significant morbidity, such as empyema, bronchoalveolar air leak and a mortality rate …

… Lung abscesses (LA) carry with them severe clinical and social implications. The authors
retrospectively analyse case files from a tertiary hospital. Admissions from 2000 to 2005 …

… Although lung abscesses are successfully treated with … the management of refractory lung
abscess. Complications relating to … Lung abscess versus necrotizing pneumonia: implications …

… most common factor that precipitates lung abscess. Many of the … of both primary and secondary
lung abscess over a 15 year … in the characteristics of lung abscess compared with those …

… lung abscesses. They described a single death (2%) among 57 patients with primary lung
abscesses compared with 75% mortality rate among patients with secondary lung abscesses. …