Changing Trend of Surgery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Sumanta Das

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis is one disease that has created, nurtured & modified thoracic surgery.With the invention of effective antitubercular drugs, role of surgery in pulmonary TB declined over decades, but with appearance of MDR/XDR TB – role of surgery is again becoming important.

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