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During Jan. 1990 and Dec. 2002 a total of 14 patients with bronchiectasis were operated on. They were 5 female and 9 male with mean age of 35.7 years. In two of them (14.3%) the disease was with bilateral localization. Patients were typically presented with cough and purulent sputum production 12(85.7%), recurrent pulmonary infections 8(57.1%), halitosis 6(42.9%) and hemoptysis 4(28.6%). The mean duration of clinical manifestations was 8.4 years. The indications for surgery were failure of medical treatment in 10(71.4%) patients, hemoptysis in 2(14.3%) and lung abscesus, as a complication in 2(14.3%) patients. The operative methods included 9(64.3%) lobectomies, 1(7.1%) pleuropneumonectomy, 1(7.1%) pneumonectomy, 1(7.1%) bilobectomy with broncho-esophageal fistula resection, 1(7.1%) middle lobectomy with polysegmental resection S7-10 and 1(7.1%) polysegmental resection S7-10. No 30-day postoperative death was faced. Major complications, followed by rethoracotomy, were found in 2(14.3%) of the cases. The postoperative results were excellent in 8(57.1%) of the patient, very good in 5(35.75) of them and in only 1 patient there was no clinical improvement. In conclusion, surgery for bronchiectasis is followed by acceptable postoperative complications and better long-term result after radical operation.
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PMID:[Indications for the surgical treatment in bronchiectasis and postoperative results]. 1570 72

The organic mineraloid gemstone, amber, a fossilized resin collected from Eocene deposits laid down around 44 million years old on the Baltic coast, has been an important geopharmaceutical in the western materia medica since classical times. Once rendered into powdered form, it could be delivered into the body using a wide range of vehicles including lozenges, pills, tablets, troches, electuaries, solutions and lohochs (lick-pots), and with toast and poached eggs. Acting either alone or in combination with a wide range of botanical, zoological and other geological ingredients, it was employed in the treatment of a huge range of diseases. Most prominent among these were various vascular disorders (e.g. haemoptysis, haemorrhage, excessive menstrual bleeding), problems with the urogenital system (e.g. tendency towards miscarriage, impotence, venereal diseases, strangury, dysuria and bladder stones) and alimentary conditions, particularly dysentery. A variety of infectious diseases, including plague, gonorrhoea, measles and fevers could be targeted with amber-containing preparations, as could epilepsy, melancholy and the ravages of old age. Rather more unusual applications included its use in the treatment of impotence, halitosis, drunkenness and a weak back.
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PMID:Historical survey of the internal use of unprocessed amber. 2620 39