title: Role of Surgery in the Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis.
abstract: Modern thoracic surgery can now offer management of tuberculosis and its complications in selected patients with greater efficacy and less morbidity than ever before. Significantly, newer minimally invasive thoracic surgical approaches potentially lower thresholds for surgical candidacy, allowing more tuberculosis patients to receive operative treatment. This review aims to provide an overview of the role that modern thoracic surgery can play in diagnosing and managing patients with tuberculosis and its sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Alan D L
authors.initials: ADL
authors.lastname: Sihoe
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000601:surgery*