title: [Surgical treatment of bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Two hundred and eighty two patients with different types of bilateral tuberculous lesion of the lung were operated on. Most (n = 124) patients underwent consecutive operations, 106 one-stage resections of the lung through transsternal access on the one side and video thoracoscopic resections on the other. One-stage bilateral video thoracoscopic operations were made in 52 cases. The greatest number of postoperative complications was noted with multistage operations, which is accounted for a critically ill patient group, advanced processes, concurrent pyoseptic infection. The patients undergone-transsternal resections showed minimum mortality rates with a rather low incidence of postoperative complications.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Porkhanov
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Mova
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Poliakov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Grebennikov
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Marchenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014741:Video Recording