[Surgery for tuberculosis--a ten-year experience]. 2010

Keisuke Eguchi, and Kohji Kikuchi, and Mitsuo Nakayama
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8550, Japan. 22kegu@saitama-med.ac.jp

We reviewed our institutional experience of surgical cases of tuberculosis in the last decade. There were 42 surgical cases, including 26 cases of tuberculoma, 5 cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis, 4 cases of tracheobronchial tuberculosis, and 7 cases of tuberculous empyema. The most aim of the surgery for tuberculoma and lymphadenitis were to make differential diagnosis from malignant neoplasm. Sleeve resection was done in 3 cases of tracheobronchial tuberculosis and Montgomery T-tube placement was underwent for a case of tracheal stenosis. Radical surgery was indicated for 4 cases of empyema and open window thoracostomy for 3 cases. There was no major complication and operation-related death. The surgical indication for tuberculosis is very limited nowadays because of effective chemotherapy, however, surgery is still relevant in selected small groups of tuberculosis patients. Exchanging more information and alliance among physicians and thoracic surgeons will become more important for better tuberculosis treatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001982 Bronchial Diseases Diseases involving the BRONCHI. Bronchial Disease,Disease, Bronchial,Diseases, Bronchial
D004654 Empyema, Tuberculous Empyema due to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. Empyema, Pleural, Tuberculous,Empyemas, Tuberculous,Tuberculous Empyema,Tuberculous Empyemas
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014133 Tracheal Diseases Diseases involving the TRACHEA. Disease, Tracheal,Diseases, Tracheal,Tracheal Disease
D014376 Tuberculosis Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. Koch's Disease,Kochs Disease,Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection,Infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Koch Disease,Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections,Tuberculoses

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