Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Tuberculosis Receiving Adjunctive Surgery in Uzbekistan

Anvar Riskiyev, Ana Ciobanu, Arax Hovhannesyan, Kristina Akopyan, Jamshid Gadoev and Nargiza Parpieva
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Anvar Riskiyev: Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Centre of Phthisiology and Pulmonology, 1 Alimov Street, Tashkent City 100086, Uzbekistan
Ana Ciobanu: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Arax Hovhannesyan: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Kristina Akopyan: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Jamshid Gadoev: World Health Organization Country Office in Uzbekistan, 16 Tarobiy Street, Tashkent City 100100, Uzbekistan
Nargiza Parpieva: Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Centre of Phthisiology and Pulmonology, 1 Alimov Street, Tashkent City 100086, Uzbekistan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: Surgical interventions are performed as an adjunct to pharmacological treatment in Uzbekistan in 10–12% of diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients. In this study among patients with respiratory TB who had surgical interventions in Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Centre of Phthisiology and Pulmonology of Uzbekistan (RSSPMCPP) from January to May 2017, we describe (i) reasons and types of surgical intervention, (ii) post-surgical complications, (iii) histological diagnosis before and after surgery, and (iv) treatment outcomes. There were 101 patients included in the analysis (mean age 36 years; 51% male; 71% lived in rural areas). The main indications for surgical intervention included pulmonary tuberculoma (40%), fibrocavitary, or cavernous pulmonary TB (23%) and massive hemoptysis (20%). Pulmonary resections were the most frequent surgical procedures: segmentectomy (41%), lobectomy or bilobectomy (19%), and combined resection (17%). Ten patients (9%) suffered post-surgery complications. According to histological examination after surgery, TB was confirmed in 81 (80%) patients. For the other 20 patients, the confirmed diagnoses were: lung cancer ( n = 6), echinococcosis ( n = 5), post-TB fibrosis ( n = 5), non-tuberculous pleurisy ( n = 2), hamartoma ( n = 1), and pneumonia ( n = 1). The majority of patients (94%), who underwent surgery, were considered successfully treated. In conclusion, adjunctive surgical therapy can be an option for TB treatment, especially in cases of complicated TB.

Keywords: adjunctive surgical intervention; tuberculosis; Uzbekistan; SORT-IT; operational research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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