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[Colapse therapy in the complex treatment of new cases of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis]
Abstract:
The results of therapy were comparatively analyzed in 103 patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis receiving collapse therapy (artificial pneumothorax (n=42), pneumoperitoneum (n=57), artificial pneumothorax + pneumoperitoneum (n=4) and 99 control patients. Collapse therapy substantially increases the efficiency of treatment of new cases of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis: bacterial discharge cessation was achieved in 95.6%; decay cavities were closed in 90.2% (72.4 and 61.6% in the controls, respectively). With artificial pneumothorax, decay cavities closures occurred more frequently and earlier: after an average of 3.5 +/- 1.3-months of therapy; with pneumoperitoneum it did following 4.5 +/- 1.0 months. Early loose pleural adhesions do not preclude the formation of a gas bubble and the collapse of an afflicted lung portion.
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