[Surgical treatment of tuberculosis of non-pulmonary localization]

Experiments in 86 rabbits and observation of 360 patients have shown the antibacterial therapy to be of limited use for the treatment of non-pulmonary tuberculosis. It was found that the antibacterial therapy failed to result in healing the caseous-destructive foci and to cure turebculosis of kidneys, bones, joints, female genitals and lymph nodes. It is considered to be a reason for surgical procedures according to principles of the focal surgery on non-pulmonary tuberculosis elaborated by P. G. Kornev and his school.