Review Articles · pages 218–222
Abdominal Tuberculosis Changing Trends
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Dnyanesh M. Belekar, Kiran Gaikwad, Bhakti Sarang, Chirag Vaja. Abdominal Tuberculosis Changing Trends. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2019;32(4):218–222.
Opening of the article
Tuberculosis is a common pathological entity which is seen in various forms in surgical practice. Abdominal Tuberculosis is one the commonest form of its presentation to any surgeon in outpatient department. There has been a lot of changes that has been observed in the presentation of patients suffering from it and management options for it over a period of time. Here, I have tried to review this common entity with current management angles which has changed the understanding of this pathology.
Keywords
Abdominal, Tuberculosis, contributing factors being poor hygiene, compared to 300 cases over 14 years in one Indian series, and 557 cases over 12 years in another series