Volume : VIII, Issue : X, October - 2018

ROLE OF ICD IN THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS

Dr Sendhil Sengodan, Dr R. Saravana Kumar, Dr Henry Prabakaran, N. Preethi

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BACKGROUND:Use of thoracostomy for the evacuation of air , fluid from the pleural space has become so common these days . TB turns out to be the common cause of pleural pathology like pleural effusion,pneumothorax.we aim to ing out the importance of treating the complication of tuberculosis by thoracostomy by a retrospective study done in a rural medical college hospital IRT PMCH.

METHODS:A Retrospective study of 20 consecutive patients with pleural diseases were taken from a period of May 2017 to May 2018.

CONCLUSION:ICD is used in the acute emergencies of shortness of eath . It is most commonly done in conditions of massive pleural effusion due to tuberculosis,malignancy and trauma.it is really useful in life saving emergency.

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Dr Sendhil Sengodan, Dr R.Saravana Kumar, Dr Henry Prabakaran, N.Preethi, ROLE OF ICD IN THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-10 | October-2018

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