Surgery for pulmonary tuberculosis - a 15-year experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 473-477

  Dewan, Ravindra Kumar ^a  

^a LRS Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Pulmonary tuberculosis; Surgery; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB RESECTION; SEPTICEMIA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149083123     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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