title: [Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in tropical environment (indications and technics) (author's transl)].
abstract: A study of 85 clinical records of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who were operated in hospitals of South Vietnam and West Africa. Some common features may be noted: --an ongoing clinical evolution before the indication for a surgical intervention (more than 5 years in half of the cases); -- positive bacilloscopies in 70 p. 100 of the cases; -- bilateral lesions in one case out of three; -- unilateral lesions restricted to one lobe in one case out of two; -- surgery limited to a thoracoplasty for 48 p. 100 of the patients; for the remaining 52 p. 100, half underwent lobotomy, half pneumonectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000354:Africa, Western; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011859:Radiography; D013905:Thoracoplasty; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Traitement chirurgical de la tuberculose pulmonaire en milieu tropical. Indications et procèdes.