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A 9-year-old boy has been suffering from multiple bronchiectasis since he was 3 years old. Exacerbations occur frequently (34 times a year), after conservative therapy there are short remission periods. The disease progresses, the child is physically underdeveloped, presents with pale skin, acrocyanosis, deformed nail plates in the shape of "clock-face" Bronchography reveals saccular bronchiectases in the lower lobe of the right lung. What further treatment tactics should be chosen?

Answer options

  1. Continuation of conservative therapy
  2. Physical training
  3. Physiotherapy
  4. Surgical intervention
  5. Sanatorium-and-spa treatment
Correct answer

Surgical intervention

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