Question 36 · LDEK · Other

Indications for surgical treatment in patients with tuberculosis include:

1) colliquative tuberculosis - the evacuation of cold abscesses;
2) chronic solitary type tuberculosis of lymph nodes - the removal of lymph nodes;
3) tuberculous osteomyelitis - the enucleation of limited lesions and the removal of sequestra.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. only 1.
  2. B. 1,2.
  3. C. 2,3.
  4. D. all the above.
  5. E. only 3.
Hint

Antituberculous drugs are the basis of therapy; consider in which forms pus, affected nodes or necrotic bone still need to be removed surgically.

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