Table 2 Type of lung resection and postoperative complications
From: Treatment outcomes of adjuvant resectional surgery for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
Type of resection | No. (%) of lung resection (n=74) | Complications (n=15) | |
|---|---|---|---|
[Right/Left] | After right-sided resection | After left-sided resection | |
Pneumonectomy | 5 (7%) [2/3] | Postoperative mortality (1) | None (0) |
Completion pneumonectomy | 3 (4%) [1/2] | Empyema (1) | Vocal cord palsy (1) |
Bilobectomy plus segmentectomy | 1 (1%) [1/0] | BPF, empyema, wound dehiscence (1)* | None (0) |
Bilobectomy | 3 (4%) [3/0] | none (0) | None (0) |
Lobectomy plus segmentectomy | 8 (11%) [4/4] | BPF (1), wound dehiscence (1) | BPF (1), empyema (1) |
Lobectomy | 42 (57%) [25/17] | BPF (1), wound dehiscence (1), Pneumonia (1) | Wound dehiscence (1), Pericarditis (1), atrial fibrillation (1) |
Segmentectomy | 11 (15%) [4/7] | None (0) | BPF (1) |
Wedge resection | 1 (1%) [1/0] | None (0) | None (0) |