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    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Pulmonary Medicine
    • Infectious Diseases

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    • Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge.
    • Surgical intervention is sometimes necessary for managing complex or drug-resistant TB cases.
    • Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) offers a minimally invasive approach for thoracic procedures.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the outcomes of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) pulmonary resections in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
    • To evaluate the efficacy and safety of VATS for treating pulmonary TB.
    • To determine the types of pulmonary resections performed using VATS for TB.

    Main Methods:

    • Retrospective analysis of 63 patients who underwent VATS pulmonary resection for pulmonary tuberculosis between 2008 and 2016.
    • Detailed review of surgical procedures, including lobectomy, segmentectomy, and other resection types.
    • Assessment of intraoperative and postoperative complication rates.
    • Evaluation of overall treatment efficacy.

    Main Results:

    • A total of 63 patients underwent VATS pulmonary resection for TB.
    • Common procedures included typical lobectomy (44.4%) and typical segmentectomy (36.5%).
    • Intraoperative complications occurred in 6.3% of patients, and postoperative complications in 12.7%.
    • The overall efficacy of VATS pulmonary resection for TB was 98.4%.

    Conclusions:

    • Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) pulmonary resection is a minimally invasive and effective treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
    • The procedure demonstrates high efficacy with acceptable complication rates.
    • Careful patient selection is essential for optimizing outcomes in VATS pulmonary resections for TB.