Surgical Treatment of Cavernous and Fibrous-Cavernous TB in Children.

Introduction: Treatment of cavernous and fibrous cavernous tuberculosis in children, especially in the presence of multiple drug resistance-tuberculosis or extremely drug resistance-tuberculosis, presents a major challenge.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed results of treatment of 65 patients (mean age 14.8 + 2.

Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: past and present.

Objectives: Surgical interventional has been key in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) for a long time. Its importance diminished after the emergence of chemotherapy. However, the spread of rapid multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB has led us to return to surgery to treat TB.