title: [Surgical indications in pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Since the begin of the century, the surgery for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis showed an important evolution. The procedure has proved to be useful in the 20% of patients. It appears that the percentage is drug-resistant or complicated. The authors describe their experience in the years from 1992 to 1997 and, in accordance with the literature in this field, outline the good prognosis to 5 years, with a percentage of 90-96% of non-infected patients. Very important is the time of surgical intervention, the compliance of the medical treatment in the previous 6 months, excepting in the emergency, and the perfect obliteration of pleural cavity to avoid next reinfection and the development of broncopleural fistulas.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia Toracica e Cardiovascolare, Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barresi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carditello
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mondello
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mulè
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Leo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pavia
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*