Changing Indications for Pulmonary Resection in Tuberculosis Surgery

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Abstract
The remarkable accomplishments of the antituberculous drugs, which today bring 80 per cent of the patients to the sputum-negative state, after six months of original treatment, have, in turn, affected the current indications for pulmonary resection. Formerly a last resort measure, pulmonary resection, at the inception of the chemotherapy era, was concerned almost exclusively with cases in which medical treatment had failed. As medical control improved with the institution of prolonged twin-drug chemotherapy, tuberculous empyemas, endobronchial disease and destroyed lobes or lungs became much less frequent.The emphasis on surgical therapy for control of the patient's disease has shifted to . . .

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