The Role of Surgery in Treatment of Thoracic Tuberculosis
published by Damascus University
in 2011
in Medicine
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
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 analyzethe 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.
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