title: [Reoperation for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: We have performed pulmonary resection combined with chemotherapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Postoperative complications of pulmonary resection for MDR-TB include space problem, prolonged air leak, bronchopleural fistula with or without empyema, chylothorax, and relapse. Indication, surgical technique, postoperative management, and follow-up of reoperation (thoracoplasty and muscle plombage, clousure of bronchopleural fistula, resuture of bronchial stump, open window thoracostomy, and 2nd pulmonary resection) for these complications are described.
authors.affiliation: Section of Chest Surgery, Fukujuji Hospital, Kiyose, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katsuragi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000601:surgery*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*