Editing Bronchiectasis (section)

=== Surgery ===
The primary role of [[surgery]] in the management of bronchiectasis is in localized disease to [[Segmental resection|remove segments of the lung]] or to control massive [[hemoptysis]].<ref name=":02" /> Additionally, surgery is used to remove an airway obstruction that is contributing to bronchiectasis. The goals are conservative, aiming to control specific disease manifestations rather than cure or eliminate all areas of bronchiectasis.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|last1=Agasthian|first1=T.|last2=Deschamps|first2=C.|last3=Trastek|first3=V. F.|last4=Allen|first4=M. S.|last5=Pairolero|first5=P. C.|date=October 1996|title=Surgical management of bronchiectasis|journal=The Annals of Thoracic Surgery|volume=62|issue=4|pages=976–978; discussion 979–980|doi=10.1016/0003-4975(96)00469-9 |pmid=8823075|doi-access=free}}</ref> Surgical case series have shown low operative mortality rate (less than 2%) and improvement of symptoms in the majority of patients selected to receive surgery.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang|first1=Peng|last2=Jiang|first2=Gening|last3=Ding|first3=Jiaan|last4=Zhou|first4=Xiao|last5=Gao|first5=Wen|date=July 2010|title=Surgical treatment of bronchiectasis: a retrospective analysis of 790 patients|journal=The Annals of Thoracic Surgery|volume=90|issue=1|pages=246–250|doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.064 |pmid=20609785}}</ref> However, no randomized clinical trials have been performed evaluating the efficacy of surgery in bronchiectasis.<ref name=":12" />