Adverse Outcomes after Non-Chest Surgeries in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Nationwide Study.

The association between pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and postoperative outcomes remains unknown. This study investigated outcomes following non-chest surgeries in patients with previous pulmonary TB.Using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we analyzed 6911 patients (aged ≥ 20...

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Main Authors: Chi-Chen Ke, Chao-Shun Lin, Chun-Chieh Yeh, Chi-Li Chung, Chih-Jen Hung, Chien-Chang Liao, Ta-Liang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4501732?pdf=render