A New Surgical Open Treatment of the Pulmonary Tuberculous Cavities and Caseous Lesions, by Surgically Making Draining Pit

Abstract

An open treatment of the tuberculous cavities and caseous lesions prior to the cavitation process as a surgical therapy for some types of the pulmonary tuberculosis has been established. We have named this method tentatively "The open treatment of the caseous tuberculous lesions by surgically constructing draining pits". The operative technique and indications have been reported in this papers. Although real value of this method should be estimated on the basis of the results of longer follows-up, the results up to date are better than we first supposed. The author wishes this report will call attention of those concerned to the study of this subject.