[Modern indications for surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and efficacy of using these methods].

The authors have shown the modern indications for surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and the results of such treatment in 217 patients. The main indications were: empyema in 58 patients, pulmonary hemorrhages in 18 cases, aspergillomas in tuberculosis caverns in 42 patients, post-tuberculosis stenoses of the bronchi in 9 cases, inefficient chemotherapy in atypical mycobacteriosis in 16, inefficient 12 months chemotherapy in 42 as judged by sputum positivity, peripheral round lesions judged to be tuberculomas in 32 cases.

[Treatment of chronic empyemas in the pleural cavity].

The authors present the results of surgical treatment of chronic empyemas of the pleural cavity in 294 patients treated at the Surgical Department in the years 1980-1992. The methods of treatment are discussed taking in consideration the etiology of the empyemas, clinical presentation, coexistent diseases. In 86 patients (29.