[LEGACIES OF SURGERY FOR TUBERCULOSIS AND SUCCESSION TO THE NEXT GENERATION]

A symposium entitled "Legacies of surgery for tuberculosis and succession to the next generation" was held at the 89th annual meeting of The Japanese Society for Tuberculosis in Gifu. The purpose of the symposium was to look back at the history of surgery for tuberculosis and development of surgical techniques. The contribution of those techniques to the next generation was also discussed. Many unique and universal techniques such as segmentectomy, thoracoplasty, muscle flap plombage, greater omental plom- bage, open window thoracotomy, cavernostomy, and decortication have matured during a long history. Based on the development of antituberculous drugs, surgery seems to have a less important role. However, surgical techniques are still required for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and non- tuberculous mycobacteriosis. Core techniques are apjlied in the surgery for many thoracic diseases, such as lung cancer, mycosis, pyothorax, and mesothelioma. This manuscript summarizes the presentations.