You are caring for a patient with bronchiectasis who is scheduled for surgery. You know that the goals of surgery are what?
A) To remove all of the diseased lung tissue
B) To increase infection in the lung
C) To conserve normal pulmonary tissue
D) To increase lung tissue
Ans: C
Feedback: The goals of surgical treatment are to conserve normal pulmonary tissue and to avoid infectious complications. Diseased tissue is removed, provided that postoperative lung function will be adequate. The goals of surgery do not include categorically removing all diseased tissue, increasing infection in the lung, or increasing lung tissue.
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