Since 1961, we have been studying on a new operative method, the bronchial interruption, for serious pulmonary tuberculosis patient.
The result of our experimental studies reveals that this new technique seems to be moderately effective to heal the tuberculoss lesion in lung, in consequence of lung atelectasis and retardation of the growth of tubercle bacilli in it.
Clinically, 143 pulmonary tuberculosis patients have been performed the operation by means of this new method, the bronchial interruption.
Follow up study of these patients at least over 1 year revealed that. 76 patients are enjoying normal social life and recovered from pulmonary tuberculosis, 26 patients are ready to work, 15 patients are still confined in hospital and 18 patient were died of postoperative complications such as bronchial fistula and lung abscess etc.
As a conclusion, the combined operative technique either bronchial interruption and cavernostomy or bronchial interruptionaand thoracoplasty is the most useful method.
