Between October 1964 and August 1979, 2,537 patients underwent operation for pulmonary disease including tuberculosis at the National Kongju Hospital. Ages at operation ranged from 6.6 to 67.6 years with a mean age of 30.8 years and the male to female ratio was 3.07: l. Indications for operation were, respectively, as follows; destroyed lobe or segment with /without cavity[68.6%], ipsilateral total destroyed lung[14.8%], empyema with/wit-hout fistula[6.0%], atelectasis with bronchostenosis[2.6%], bronchiectasis[2.4%], tuberculoma[1.6%], lung abscess[1.7%], etc. There were 1,416 thoracoplasties[most common], 915 lobectomies, 591 pneumonectomies, etc. 1,073 patients with hemoptysis were found, streaking[23.8%], mild[42.3%], moderate[26.6%], severe[3.4%] and massive[3.9%] as the severity. Tuberculosis was the most common cause of severe and massive hem-optysis. Postoperative complications were developed 16.% of the operated cases, bleeding was the most frequent complication found in these cases. The mortality of operation was 8%, the most common cause of death was bleeding also.