Bai [11] retrospectively analyzed the outcome of 172 cases of disfigured lung treatment. Male 83, female 89; age 7-72 years, mean 38.4 years; preoperative sputum tuberculosis positive in 49 cases, positive rate 28.5% (49/172). There were 116 left lungs, 56 right lungs, 110 total pneumonectomies, 37 pleuropulmonary lobectomies, 10 remaining lobectomies, 11 total pneumonectomies with tracheoplasty, repair of bronchopleural fistula (BPF) and other operations, and thoracoplasty in 1 case, and 4 cases of reoperation for septic chest 30 days after surgery. The perioperative mortality rate was 2.9% (5/172). Complication rate was 18.6% (32/172). The sputum negative rate was 87.8% (43/49), and the clinical cure rate was 91.9% (158/172). The authors concluded that standard preoperative anti-tuberculosis treatment, adequate preoperative preparation and careful intraoperative operation as well as strict grasp of the surgical indications, the efficacy of tuberculous destructive pulmonary surgery was satisfactory. Jin Feng, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital