Validating the surgical indication value of the LTB-S classification system for drug resistant tuberculosis

Validating the surgical indication value of the LTB-S classification system for drug resistant tuberculosis

Background: Currently there is no guideline based on preoperative clinical parameters for assessing the prognosis of the adjunctive surgery for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 138 patients who had undergone surgical resection as a treatment for drug- resistant tuber...

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Main Authors: Wang Lin, Wang Yifei, Wen Zilu, Xia Fan, Chen Hui, Zhu Yijun, Xiao Heping, Lu Shuihua, Dai Xiyong, Wang Haijiang, Huang Chaolin, Chang Wei, Wong Ka-Wing, Song Yanzheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis
LTB-S
Surgery
Complication
Treatment outcome
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300886

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