title: [Extrapleural thoracoplasty and its place in the tuberculosis epidemic environment].
abstract: The end of 20th century have been noted by tendency of the tuberculosis expansion up to epidemic occurrence in some countries. Primary and secondary resistance of tuberculosis mycobacterium toward antibacterial preparations and the wide-spread affection, which constitute contraindications to pulmonary resection performance, are revealing more and more. Not rarely the patient's general condition didn't permit to perform radical intervention. The author proposes extrapleural thoracoplasty performance as an alter-native and suggests indications to it.
authors: Duzhyĭ
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D035422:Pleural Cavity; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*