Table 3. Surgical series of MDR- XDR-TB enrolled in cohort studies, comparing medical therapy + surgery vs. medical therapy alone.

First author	Year	Sample size/% of surgery	Resistence pattern	Overall success rate, %	Surgery superior to medical therapy
Chan et al. (104)	2004	205/63	MDR	73	Yes
Torun et al.(105)	2007	252/26	MDR	77	Yes
Kim et al. (101)	2007	211/30	MDR, XDR	63	No
Keshavjee et al. (106)	2008	608/9	MDR, XDR	66	Yes
Kwon et al. (107)	2008	155/23	MDR, XDR	66	Yes

MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; XDR-TB, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.