![]() Lung surgery prior to the late 1800’s was largely rare reports of draining deep abscesses, resecting prolapsing gangrenous tissue after trauma and resecting portions of the chest wall with small segments of accompanying lung. The principles of intra-thoracic and intra-pleural surgery developed during the early 20th century with significant progress in a short time. Thoracic surgery and lung resection, however, proved more difficult to advance than other surgical specialties due to the problem of pneumothorax. Understanding of antisepsis, after Lister’s first report in 1867 and development of anesthetic techniques, in particular chloroform and ether made way for early successful surgical intervention. ![]() Early surgical interventions were highly morbid, painful and deadly. ![]()
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