[Surgical interventions in tuberculosis of the lungs without prior antibacterial therapy].

Operations were performed on 102 patients (93 with tuberculomas, 2 with fibrocavernous tuberculosis, and 7 with infiltrative tuberculosis of the type of caseous pneumonia) without preoperative chemotherapy. Certain difficulties in identification of the nature of the disease in tuberculomas are pointed out. It is shown that only emergency histological study helps to avoid errors. Postoperative complications occurred in 5.9% of patients. Exacerbation of tuberculosis after economical resections in tuberculomas occurred in 2.1% of patients due to a nonradical intervention. The expediency of early interventions which allow the term of treatment to be shortened is shown.