[Results of the surgical treatment of patients with primary tuberculosis].

The analysis of treatment of 163 patients with primary forms of tuberculosis in the Southern Crimea sanatorium (1967-1987) is given. Along with the operation techniques used for a removal of the affected intrathoracic and peripheric lymph nodes, the details of the patients' preoperative management, occurred complications and their treatment as well as immediate outcomes of these efforts are illustrated. The analysis was made in accordance with forms of the disease, age distribution and types of intervention. During preoperative period and afterwards, the involvement of climatic factors favourably influenced the course of the postoperative stage. The management of patients with tuberculosis of the mesenteric lymph nodes is presented also.