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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;21:918-923
© 2002 Elsevier Science NL

Results of surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma

^a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dongsan Medical Center, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, 194, Dong San Dong, Daegu 700-712, South Korea
^b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 3056-6, Daemyung-4 Dong, Namgu, Daegu 705-718, South Korea

Received 10 September 2001; received in revised form 8 February 2002; accepted 13 February 2002.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +82-53-650-4567; fax: +82-53-629-6963
e-mail: jheon{at}cataegu.ac.kr

Objectives: The purpose of this retrospective study is to analyze the results of the surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma and to confirm that aggressive surgical resection can provide effective outcome for these patients. Patients and method: From 1987 to 2000, 110 patients underwent thoracotomy for treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma in two hospitals. The most common indication for operation was hemoptysis (82%). Underlying diseases were tuberculosis (89%), bronchiectasis (5%), carcinoma (3%), lung tumor (1%) and none (2%). The procedures were lobectomy (74%), segmentectomy (12%), wedge resection (9%), pneumonectomy (4%) and cavernoplasty in two patients. Twenty-nine patients (26%) had severe underlying intrathoracic pathologies. Results: Postoperative complications occurred in 23.6% of the patients including: empyema (n=13), bleeding (n=6), respiratory insufficiency (n=2), wound infection (n=4) and bronchopleural fistula (n=1). There was one hospital death due to panperitonitis after gastric ulcer perforation. Conclusions: We recommend early surgical resection of symptomatic aspergilloma and even asymptomatic cases with reasonable complication.

Key Words: Pulmonary aspergilloma • Hemoptysis • Surgery

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