SURGERY FOR DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS

The purpose of the study is to study some of the problematic issues of MDR-TB surgery. An analysis was made of 720 cases of DR/MDR tuberculosis (TB) over a 5-year period (2018–2022), of which 141 (19.6%) patients were operated on for respiratory TB. Results and its discussion. Among all operated patients, newly diagnosed cases of TB prevailed (n=86; 75.4%), persons with MDR (n=66; 57.9%); surgical treatment was more often performed for tuberculomas (n=88; 73.7%) and fibrous-cavernous TB (n=19; 16.7%). The proportion of surgical closure of decay cavities averaged 24.8% over 5 years.