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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Surgery]] can be indicated, particularly to drain  [[abscess]]es , [[empyema]], venticular shunt in tubercular meningitis, surgical resection of tissues affected in abdominal tuberculosis, stabilize the spine in case of [[Pott's disease]] , [[lobectomy]], [[pneumonectomy]], [[pericardiocentesis]] or surgical repair of [[pericardium]].
[[Surgery]] is indicated in certain conditions such as drainage of [[abscess]]es and [[empyema]], [[ventricular]] [[Shunt (medical)|shunt]] in [[Tuberculous meningitis|tubercular meningitis]], surgical resection of damaged tissues in abdominal tuberculosis, stabilization of the spine in case of [[Pott's disease]] ,[[pneumonectomy]], [[lobectomy]], [[pericardiocentesis]] or surgical repair of [[pericardium]].


==Surgery==
==Surgery==
===Pulmonary tuberculosis===
===Pulmonary tuberculosis===


*[[Pneumonectomy]] or removal of one entire lung is reserved as a treatment option for serious conditions of tuberculosis which are drug resistant. <ref name="Tuberculosis">{{cite web | title = Surgery tuberculosis| url = http://thorax.bmj.com/content/62/5/416.full.pdf }}</ref>
*[[Pneumonectomy]], which is removal of one entire [[lung]], is reserved as a last resort in serious cases of tuberculosis which are drug resistant. <ref name="Tuberculosis">{{cite web | title = Surgery tuberculosis| url = http://thorax.bmj.com/content/62/5/416.full.pdf }}</ref>
*[[Lobectomy]] or removal of lobes of lung are used to treat drug resistant tuberculosis if it has affected only a part of lung.
*[[Lobectomy]], which is removal of lobes of lung, is in serious cases of [[Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis|multi-drug resistant tuberculosis]]  if it has affected only a lobe or part of the lung.
*Surgery may be necessary to remove cold abscesses and tuberculous empyema.
*[[Surgery]] can be used to remove [[cold abscesses]] and [[Tuberculosis|tuberculous]] [[Pleural empyema|empyema]].
*[[Segmentectomy]] or wedge resection is used in certain cases for treating tuberculosis resistant to anti tubercular drugs.
*[[Segmentectomy]] or wedge resection is used in some cases of [[Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis|multi-drug resistant tuberculosis]] .


===Renal tuberculosis===
===Renal tuberculosis===
Surgery is necessary to manage the [[urinary obstruction]] in genito urinary tuberculosis. 3 most common sites which can cause urinary obstruction is as follows. <ref name="pmid14066180">{{cite journal| author=HANLEY HG| title=TREATMENT OF RENAL TUBERCULOSIS. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1963 | volume= 2 | issue= 5373 | pages= 1611-2 | pmid=14066180 | doi= | pmc=PMC1873944 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14066180  }} </ref>
Surgery is required to manage the [[urinary obstruction]] in genito-urinary [[tuberculosis]]. The three most common locations that may cause urinary obstruction is as follows. <ref name="pmid14066180">{{cite journal| author=HANLEY HG| title=TREATMENT OF RENAL TUBERCULOSIS. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1963 | volume= 2 | issue= 5373 | pages= 1611-2 | pmid=14066180 | doi= | pmc=PMC1873944 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14066180  }} </ref>


*Pelvi- ureteral junction
*Pelvi-ureteral junction
*Calyx
*Calyx
*Lower end of ureter
*Lower end of the [[ureter]]


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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Cavernotomy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Cavernotomy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |It involves removal of avascular caeseous material which helps in preventing complications like abscess rupture. It has got excellent prognosis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |It involves removal of the caeseous material leading to prevention of complications like [[abscess]] rupture. It has excellent [[prognosis]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Partial [[nephrectomy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Partial [[nephrectomy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |This was an old technique to remove the affected tissue. Recently the drug regimen helps to heal the calyx and hence partial [[nephrectomy]] is not widely practised now.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |This was an old technique to remove the affected tissue. Recently the drug therapy can help the [[calyx]] to heal, so partial [[nephrectomy]] is not widely done now.
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Nephrectomy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Nephrectomy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Chief indication of [[nephrectomy]] is obstruction of pelvi-ureteric junction. Plastic surgery of pelvi uretric junction is also an option for it. Drianage improves the treatment
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Chief indication of [[nephrectomy]] is obstruction of pelvi-ureteric junction. [[Plastic surgery]] of pelvi uretric junction is an alternative to it. Drianage improves the treatment
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Excision of stricture and re implantation of ureter into the bladder.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Excision of [[stricture]] then re implantation of [[ureter]] into the [[bladder]].
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |This is another conservative surgical management which has shown promising results.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |This is another conservative surgical procedure that has good prognosis.
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===Spinal tuberculosis===
===Spinal tuberculosis===


*Biopsy is used to make a diagnosis.
*[[Biopsy]] is needed to reach a diagnosis.
*Gross instability and neurological complications are treated by decompression and fusion of the anterior segments.
*Gross instability and [[Neurology|neurological]] [[Complication (medicine)|complications]] can be managed by by [[decompression]] and fusion of the anterior segments.
*Joint damage may be repaired by late surgery and arthrodosis.
*[[Arthrodesis]] is done for repairing the [[joint]] damage.


The main stay of treatment for skeletal tuberculosis is antibiotics and surgery. Surgical management of tuberculosis of spine of various stages are given below. <ref name="Tuberculosis">{{cite web | title = tech ortho TB| url = http://www.global-help.org/publications/articles/techortho_tuberculosismusculoskeletal.pdf }}</ref>
The cornerstone of treatment for [[skeletal tuberculosis]] is [[Antibiotic|antibiotics]] and [[surgery]]. Surgical treatment of [[spinal tuberculosis]] of different stages are given below. <ref name="Tuberculosis">{{cite web | title = tech ortho TB| url = http://www.global-help.org/publications/articles/techortho_tuberculosismusculoskeletal.pdf }}</ref>


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===Tuberculosis pericarditis===
===Tuberculosis pericarditis===
Surgical removal or repair of infected sac of [[pericardium]] is often the treatment of choice if it is not responding to antibiotics. There are two different types of surgical procedures: Open surgical removal and pericardiocentesis. Pericardiectomy is reserved for patients who worsen even after 4-8 weeks of anti tuberculous therapy. <ref name="pmid12959199">{{cite journal| author=Bozbuga N, Erentug V, Eren E, Erdogan HB, Kirali K, Antal A et al.| title=Pericardiectomy for chronic constrictive tuberculous pericarditis: risks and predictors of survival. | journal=Tex Heart Inst J | year= 2003 | volume= 30 | issue= 3 | pages= 180-5 | pmid=12959199 | doi= | pmc=PMC197314 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12959199  }} </ref>
The treatment of choice is surgical removal or repair of infected sac of [[pericardium]] if it is not responsive to [[Antibiotic|antibiotics]]. The available surgical procedures include: Open surgical removal and [[pericardiocentesis]]. [[Pericardiectomy]] is used for patients who deteriorate even after 4-8 weeks of anti tuberculous treatment. <ref name="pmid12959199">{{cite journal| author=Bozbuga N, Erentug V, Eren E, Erdogan HB, Kirali K, Antal A et al.| title=Pericardiectomy for chronic constrictive tuberculous pericarditis: risks and predictors of survival. | journal=Tex Heart Inst J | year= 2003 | volume= 30 | issue= 3 | pages= 180-5 | pmid=12959199 | doi= | pmc=PMC197314 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12959199  }} </ref>


===Tuberculosis meningitis===
===Tuberculosis meningitis===
Surgical placement of shunt is used to drain the fluid and prevent the damage to the brain caused by a build-up of fluid.
Surgical placement of shunt is used to drain the fluid and prevent the brain damage as a result of accumulation of fluid.


===Abdominal tuberculosis===
===Abdominal tuberculosis===
Surgical resection of intestine affected by tuberculosis which is not responding to multidrug regimen helps in preventing complications of abdominal tuberculosis
Surgical resection of intestine that is damaged by [[tuberculosis]] and not responding to anti tuberculous treatment can prevent the complications of abdominal tuberculosis
===Surgical interventions in patients with MDR-TB===
In patients with RR-TB or MDR-TB patients, elective partial lung resection ([[lobectomy]] or wedge resection) may be used alongside a recommended MDR-TB regimen (conditional recommendation, very low certainty in the evidence).
 
==References==
==References==
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Overview

Surgery is indicated in certain conditions such as drainage of abscesses and empyema, ventricular shunt in tubercular meningitis, surgical resection of damaged tissues in abdominal tuberculosis, stabilization of the spine in case of Pott's disease ,pneumonectomy, lobectomy, pericardiocentesis or surgical repair of pericardium.

Surgery

Pulmonary tuberculosis

Renal tuberculosis

Surgery is required to manage the urinary obstruction in genito-urinary tuberculosis. The three most common locations that may cause urinary obstruction is as follows. [2]

  • Pelvi-ureteral junction
  • Calyx
  • Lower end of the ureter
Types of surgery Proceedure
Cavernotomy It involves removal of the caeseous material leading to prevention of complications like abscess rupture. It has excellent prognosis
Partial nephrectomy This was an old technique to remove the affected tissue. Recently the drug therapy can help the calyx to heal, so partial nephrectomy is not widely done now.
Nephrectomy Chief indication of nephrectomy is obstruction of pelvi-ureteric junction. Plastic surgery of pelvi uretric junction is an alternative to it. Drianage improves the treatment
Excision of stricture then re implantation of ureter into the bladder. This is another conservative surgical procedure that has good prognosis.

Spinal tuberculosis

The cornerstone of treatment for skeletal tuberculosis is antibiotics and surgery. Surgical treatment of spinal tuberculosis of different stages are given below. [1]

Stage Treatment
Stage 1 (synovitis)
   Chemotherapy
   Rest
   Restriction of movements
   Splinting
Stage 2 (Early arthritis)
   Chemotherapy
   Rest
   Restriction of movements
   Splinting
   Synovectomy
Stage 3 (Advanced arthritis)
   Chemotherapy
   Osteotomy
   Arthrodesis
   Arthroplasty
Stage 4 (Advanced arthritis)
   Chemotherapy
   Osteotomy
   Arthrodesis
   Arthroplasty
Stage 5
   Chemotherapy
   Osteotomybr>   Arthrodesis
   Arthroplasty

Tuberculosis pericarditis

The treatment of choice is surgical removal or repair of infected sac of pericardium if it is not responsive to antibiotics. The available surgical procedures include: Open surgical removal and pericardiocentesis. Pericardiectomy is used for patients who deteriorate even after 4-8 weeks of anti tuberculous treatment. [3]

Tuberculosis meningitis

Surgical placement of shunt is used to drain the fluid and prevent the brain damage as a result of accumulation of fluid.

Abdominal tuberculosis

Surgical resection of intestine that is damaged by tuberculosis and not responding to anti tuberculous treatment can prevent the complications of abdominal tuberculosis

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Surgery tuberculosis" (PDF).
  2. HANLEY HG (1963). "TREATMENT OF RENAL TUBERCULOSIS". Br Med J. 2 (5373): 1611–2. PMC 1873944. PMID 14066180.
  3. Bozbuga N, Erentug V, Eren E, Erdogan HB, Kirali K, Antal A; et al. (2003). "Pericardiectomy for chronic constrictive tuberculous pericarditis: risks and predictors of survival". Tex Heart Inst J. 30 (3): 180–5. PMC 197314. PMID 12959199.

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