| dc.creator | Rodríguez,Macarena | |
| dc.creator | Munita,José Manuel | |
| dc.creator | Pérez,Daniel | |
| dc.creator | Bannura,Felipe | |
| dc.creator | Rodríguez,Juan Carlos | |
| dc.creator | Rodríguez,Patricio | |
| dc.date | 2009-02-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T16:10:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T16:10:05Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872009000200007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/397202 | |
| dc.description | Background: Surgical treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis is mainly ¡imited to the management of sequelae such as bronchiectasis, hemoptysis and brochopleural fistulae. Aim: To review the data of patients who underwent surgical treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. Material and methods: Retrospective review of 33 patients aged 18 to 73 years (24 males) who underwent lung resection surgery for the management of pulmonary tuberculosis. Follow-up data were obtained from outpatient visit records and registries of the national tuberculosis program. Results: The reasons to perform surgery were the following: fifteen for hemoptysis, nine for lung destruction and nine for an active and multiresistant disease. No patient died in the postoperative period. The morbidity observed included empyema (n =5), pneumothorax (n =2), bronchopleural fístula (n =2) and hemothorax (n =2). At six months offollow up, six of the nine patients with active tuberculosis had negative acid-fast bacilli on sputum smear. Two of these patients died, one due to respiratory failure and another by an unrelated cause. Both dead patients had negative acid-fast bacilli on sputum smear. Conclusions: Surgery in pulmonary tuberculosis has a high rate of complications butmay be usefulin selectedpatients. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.137 n.2 2009 | |
| dc.subject | Hemoptysis | |
| dc.subject | Thoracic surgery | |
| dc.subject | Tuberculosis, pulmonary | |
| dc.title | Cirugía pulmonar en tuberculosis | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
