Risk of short- and long-term pulmonary complications should be determined before surgery for tuberculosis-destroyed lung

J Thorac Dis. 2023 Mar 31;15(3):950-952. doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-1799. Epub 2023 Feb 24.

Dong Won Park^#¹, Bo-Guen Kim^#^{1

2}, Yong Ho Jeong³, Hyo Jun Jang³, Bumhee Yang⁴, Sumin Shin⁵, Hyun Lee¹

¹ Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Medical Center, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ewha Woman's University College of Medicine Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: Pulmonary tuberculosis; pulmonary complication; tuberculosis-destroyed lung.

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