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Chest wall tuberculosis: precision surgery with indigo carmine in limited cases for safe and intuitive lesion
Sosei Abe1,2, Kan Okabayashi1, Keita Tokuishi1,2
1Department of Chest Surgery, National Hospital Organization Fukuokahigashi Medical Centre, Fukuoka, Japan.
Abstract:
In addition to treatment with antituberculosis drugs, complete surgical excision is important for the cure of chest wall tuberculosis. However, surgery is often challenging to perform due to different factors such as the strong adhesion of tuberculous lesions to the surrounding normal tissue, growth of neovascularization and presence of fragile necrotic tissues. Firm adhesions, bleeding and fragile tissue make it difficult to determine the boundary with normal tissue and completely excide the lesion. Moreover, ingenuity is required. Herein, we report the identification of the boundary between the lesion and normal tissue by injecting indigo carmine into the abscess to completely excide the lesion, which is considered an intuitive and safe method.
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