**2. Materials and Methods**

We carried out a non-systematic literature review based on a PubMed search using specific key-words, including various combinations of 'TB', 'MDR-TB', 'XDR-TB', 'surgery', 'functional evaluation', 'sequelae', and 'pulmonary rehabilitation'. References of the existing reviews were retrieved to improve accuracy.

Manuscripts written in English, Spanish, and Russian were selected, including full articles and relevant abstracts.

The main areas of interest we identified to describe the topic are as follows:


The priorities for research have been identified for each main area of interest.

## **3. Surgery and TB**
