Surgical removal of giant pulmonary bullae is usually considered inadvisable in patients
with either hypoxemia or hypercapnia. A successful operation was performed on a patient
with both hypoxemia and hypercapnia. Preoperative and postoperative physiologic data
are presented. Those data which suggested a favorable outcome are compared with those
which did not.
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The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the author and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.
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