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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of 38 patients with nodular bronchiectatic and 28 with fibrocavitary nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease

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

  

0.195

M. avium complex

21 (55)

21 (75)

M. abscessus complex

16 (42)

7 (25)

Mixed infection

1 (3)

0

Preoperative sputum examinations

   

Positive AFB stain

20 (53)

20 (71)

0.122

Positive AFB culture

25 (66)

25 (89)

0.028

Indications of surgery

  

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*

  

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

  

0.012

Open thoracotomy

22 (54)

24 (83)

Thoracoscopic approach†

19 (46)

5 (17)

Postoperative complications

  

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

  1. The data are presented as medians and interquartile ranges or as numbers (%).
  2. TB, tuberculosis; AFB, acid-fast bacilli.
  3. *Thirty-eight patients with the nodular bronchiectatic form underwent 41 operations, and 28 patients with the fibrocavitary form underwent 29 operations.
  4. †One patient underwent surgery using a thoracoscopic approach with minithoracotomy.