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[Pulmonary surgery for pulmonary lesion with pulmonary tuberculosis or of tuberculosis]
1Department of Respiratory Surgery, East Nagoya National Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|November 20, 2001
Abstract:
Nine patients with pulmonary tuberculosis underwent open chest surgery for pulmonary lesions of tuberculosis or other than tubercolosis. They were 1 case of lung cancer, 4 cases of pneumothorax, 1 case of multi drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis and 3 cases of tuberculoma. Postoperative complications developed in 3 cases including 2 of pneumothorax and 1 of lung collapse.