Tuberculosis is still a worldwide disease. Medical treatment is essential but
surgery still has a role in the diagnosis and treatment of several various thoracic tuberculous lesions (both
pulmonary and extra-pulmonary).
We aim to present and analy
zethe results of surgical treatment of thoracic tuberculous cases in Al-Assad
University Hospital in Damascus. Also, we purpose to determine the indications of thoracoscopic and
traditional surgical interventions in this field, and studying their complications.
