Abstract | BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate our surgical experience for focal bronchiectasis in the setting of modern diagnostic modalities and state-of-the-art medical treatment in a developed country. METHODS: Thirty-one patients undergoing 33 lung resections for the treatment of focal bronchiectasis from 1991 to 2009 were reviewed. The mean age was 54 years. Twenty-nine patients (94%) were female; 21 patients (68%) had nontuberculous mycobacterial infection; and 22 patients (71%) received preoperative multiple-drug regimens containing clarithromycin. Five patients (16%) were in an immunocompromised status. All were diagnosed by chest computed tomography scan, and either the right middle lobe or left lingula were involved in 29 (94%). The curve for relapse-free interval was estimated by Kaplan-Meier methods. The factors that affected this curve were examined using Cox's regression analysis. RESULTS: Operative morbidity and mortality were 18% and 0%, respectively. All patients became asymptomatic postoperatively. During the median follow-up of 48 months (11 to 216), 8 patients (26%) experienced recurrence, and the mean relapse-free interval was 34 months (3 to 216). By univariate analysis, an immunocompromised status (p=0.017), Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection (p=0.040), the preoperative extent of bronchiectatic lesion (p=0.013), and the extent of residual bronchiectasis after surgery (p=0.003) were significantly associated with the shorter relapse-free interval. By multivariate analysis, an immunocompromised status (p=0.039), Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection (p=0.033), and the extent of residual bronchiectasis (p=0.009) were independent and significant factors. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Miyako Hiramatsu, Yuji Shiraishi, Yutsuki Nakajima, Etsuo Miyaoka, Naoya Katsuragi, Hidefumi Kita, Akira Hyogotani, Kiyomi Shimoda |
Journal | The Annals of thoracic surgery
(Ann Thorac Surg)
Vol. 93
Issue 1
Pg. 245-50
(Jan 2012)
ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 22119119
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Bronchiectasis
(diagnosis, mortality, surgery)
- Developed Countries
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Japan
(epidemiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Morbidity
(trends)
- Pneumonectomy
(methods, mortality)
- Postoperative Complications
(epidemiology)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Survival Rate
(trends)
- Treatment Outcome
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