Forty-seven cases of bronchiectasis were admitted in this department, of which 38 cases were reviewed. Pulmonary tuberculosis was the most frequent associated disease and encountered in 42% in this series.
Preoperative bronchogram performed in 38 cases revealed left lung involvement in 21 cases, right lung in 14 cases, both lungs in 3 cases, and multilobar involvement in 10 cases.
Various types of pulmonary resection were performed on 32 patients. Complication developed in 3 cases (9.4%). One patient died of intraoperative hypoxia on the second post-operative day. Second case was Complicated with hydrothorax, and third case was with hemothorax.
In 81% of this series, the result was satisfactory and 3 cases (10%) showed slight improvement of symptoms, and 2 cases show no improvement. The mortality raise was 3 per cent (1case).
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