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Changing Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Thomas W. Shields, MD;
Robert T. Fox, MD;
William M. Lees, MD
AMA Arch Surg. 1970;100(4):363-366.
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During the past two decades, profound changes have occurred in the role of surgical therapy in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. The changes have evolved mainly as the result of the introduction of effective antituberculous chemotherapy. Streptomycin sulfate (1944), para-amino salicylic acid (1946), and isoniazid (1952) became, and continue to be, the first line drugs. Numerous second line drugs (viomycin sulfate, cycloserine, pyrazinamide, ethionamide sulfate, and others) have been introduced and are of benefit in special situations.
With the development of appropriate drug regimens, the types of surgical procedures performed have changed from almost exclusively collapse therapy to practically all resections. Accompanying the evolution of this development, the indications for, as well as the frequency of, surgical intervention in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis have changed. The experience of the Surgical Department of the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium may be utilized to illustrate this changing pattern over the course of the
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Author Affiliations
Chicago
From the Department of Surgery, North-western University Medical School (Drs. Shields and Fox); the Veterans Administration Research Hospital (Dr. Shields); and Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium (Drs. Fox and Lees), Chicago; and Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University (Dr. Lees), Maywood, Ill.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 10, 1969.
Read before the 77th annual meeting of the Western Surgical Association, Dallas, Nov 20, 1969.
Reprint requests to 333 E Huron St, Chicago 60611 (Dr. Shields).
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