title: [Tuberculosis in a thoracic surgery patient sample today].
abstract: Between 1977-1988 89 patients had an operation on tuberculosis in our thoracic surgical department. It were 11 preoperatively diagnosed and 76 undiagnosed cases of tuberculosis and 2 infections with nontuberculosis mycobacteria. In cases, where tuberculosis was diagnosed, surgical therapy was only used because of uneffective antituberculotic therapy. Surgical operations are always applied as secondary late measures. We have manly employed limited resections saving parenchyma. The frequency of postoperative complications was 11.2%. An adequate postoperative chemotherapy is obligatory.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxchirurgische Abteilung im Klinikbereich Vogelsang, Bezirkskrankenhauses, Magdeburg/DDR.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plate
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demischew
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mokros
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004653:Empyema / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000601:surgery; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Die Tuberkulose im thoraxchirurgischen Krankengut heute.