From: Treatment outcomes of adjuvant resectional surgery for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
Characteristic | Nodular bronchiectatic (n=38) | Fibrocavitary (n=28) | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 52 (43–60) | 51 (44–60) | 0.943 |
Sex, male | 9 (24) | 17 (61) | 0.002 |
Etiology | Â | Â | 0.195 |
M. avium complex | 21 (55) | 21 (75) | |
M. abscessus complex | 16 (42) | 7 (25) | |
Mixed infection | 1 (3) | 0 | |
Preoperative sputum examinations | Â | Â | Â |
Positive AFB stain | 20 (53) | 20 (71) | 0.122 |
Positive AFB culture | 25 (66) | 25 (89) | 0.028 |
Indications of surgery | Â | Â | 0.254 |
Poor response to medical therapy | 26 (68) | 22 (79) | |
Remnant destroyed lesions | 8 (21) | 6 (21) | |
Massive hemoptysis | 4 (11) | 0 (0) | |
Type of resection* | Â | Â | 0.465 |
Pneumonectomy | 2 (5) | 3 (10) | |
Completion pneumonectomy | 1 (2) | 2 (7) | |
Bilobectomy plus segmentectomy | 0 | 1 (3) | |
Bilobectomy | 3 (7) | 0 | |
Lobectomy plus segmentectomy | 4 (10) | 3 (10) | |
Lobectomy | 25 (61) | 14 (48) | |
Segmentectomy | 5 (12) | 6 (21) | |
Wedge resection | 1 (2) | 0 | |
Surgical approach | Â | Â | 0.012 |
Open thoracotomy | 22 (54) | 24 (83) | |
Thoracoscopic approach†| 19 (46) | 5 (17) | |
Postoperative complications | Â | Â | 0.029 |
Postoperative mortality | 0 | 1 (4) | 0.424 |
Bronchopleural fistula | 0 | 5 (18) | 0.011 |
Wound dehiscence | 1 (3) | 2 (7) | 0.570 |
Empyema | 2 (5) | 1 (4) | 1.000 |
Pneumonia | 0 | 1 (4) | 0.424 |
Vocal cord palsy | 0 | 1 (4) | 0.424 |
Pericarditis | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Atrial fibrillation | 1 (3) | 0 | 1.000 |
Sputum culture conversion | 30 (79) | 23 (82) | 0.747 |