Surgical Treatment of MDR Pulmonary Tuberculosis

다제내성 폐결핵의 수술적 치료

  • Seo, Young-Jun (Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Hoon (Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Chang-Kwon (Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Keum, Dong-Yoon (Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo, Young-Sun (Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
  • 서영준 (계명대학교 의과대학 동산의료원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박훈 (계명대학교 의과대학 동산의료원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박창권 (계명대학교 의과대학 동산의료원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 금동윤 (계명대학교 의과대학 동산의료원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 유영선 (계명대학교 의과대학 동산의료원 흉부외과학교실)
  • Published : 2003.11.01

Abstract

Background: Even today when chemotherapy has been established as a treatment for tuberculosis and the prevalence of tuberculosis is gradually decreasing, multi-drug resistance tuberculosis still results in poor treatment performance and lowered survival periods. This research sought to analyze the surgery of multi-drug resistance tuberculosis, and determine the usefulness and danger of surgery in connection with this disease. Material and Method: Starting from February 1990 to February 2002, retrospective surveys were conducted targeted at 21 cases involving 20 patients who underwent surgery due to multi-drug resistance tuberculosis. The survey included 14 males cases and 6 females cases with the age averaging 42.8$\pm$12.1 years. 10.3$\pm$7.6 years on average passed after patients were initially diagnosed with tuberculosis. 13 patients (65%) tested positive in the pre-operative sputum AFB test, and all showed resistance against an average of 3.5 anti-tuberculosis agents including INH and RFP. Pre-operative radiologic examinations revealed cavitary lesions in 15 patients (75%), and three patients had lesions in the both lung fields, with the major lesions existing in the unilateral area. 13 patients (75%) failed negative conversion with medical treatment, while two patients (10%) with recurrent hemoptysis and five patients (25%) with lesions involving high recurrence-rate received the operation. Operations included nine cases (40%) of pneumonectomy, nine cases (45%) of lobectomy, and three cases of lobectomy with segmentectomy. The average follow-up period of patients stood at 23 months. Result: There was no post-operative death, and found were a total of eleven cases involving complications were found: three cases of long-term air leakage, three cases of bleeding requiring re-operation, two cases of empyemas due to broncho-pleural fistula, and one case of atelectasis, wound infection and chest wall fistula each. Eleven cases (85%) of negative conversion were completed immediately after the operation, and two cases failed negative conversion. Eleven months after the operation, the disease recurred in one case of negative conversion patients, and the patient was cured by completion pneumonectomy. Conclusion: If patients' lung function was sufficient and appropriate resection was possible, multi-drug resistance tuberculosis could achieve high-rate negative conversion and cure using combination of surgical and medical treatment, and also there were not many serious complications.

배경: 결핵에 대한 화학요법이 확립되고 유병률의 점진적인 감소를 보이고 있는 현재에도 다제내성 폐결핵은 여전히 불량한 치료성적과 장기생존율의 저하를 초래하고 있다. 이 연구는 다제내성 폐결핵의 수술예를 분석하여 이 질환에 대한 폐절제술의 유용성과 위험정도를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1990년 2월부터 2002년 2월까지 다제내성 폐결핵으로 폐절제술을 시행한 20명, 21예를 대상으로 후향적 조사를 하였다. 남자는 14예, 여자는 6예였으며 평균연령은 42.8$\pm$12.1세였다. 환자들이 최초 폐결핵을 진단 받고 수술까지 평균 10.3$\pm$7.6년이 경과되었다. 술 전 객담도말검사에서 13예 (65%)가 양성이었으며, 내성 검사상 모두 INH와 RFP을 포함한 평균 3.5개의 항결핵제에 내성을 보였다. 술 전 방사선학적 검사상 15예(75%)에서 공동성 병변을 관찰할 수 있었고, 양측 폐야를 침범한 경우가 3예 있었으나 주 병변은 모두 편측에 존재했다. 13예(75%)의 경우 내과적 치료로 균음전에 실패하였고 2예(10%)는 지속적인 객혈로, 5예(25%)는 높은 재발의 가능성을 가진 결핵성 병변을 원인으로 수술을 하였다. 수술은 전폐적출술 9예(40%), 폐엽전제술 9예(45%), 폐엽절제술 및 구역절제술 3예(15%)였다. 환자들의 술 후 평균 추적기간은 23개월이었다. 결과: 수술 사망은 없었으며 술 후 합병증은 총 11예로 장기간의 공기 누출 3예, 재수술을 요하는 출혈 3예, 기관지늑막루로 인한 농흉 2예였고 무기폐, 창상감염 및 흉벽루가 각각 1예였다. 수술 직후 11예(85%)에서 균음전이 이루어졌고 2예가 균음전에 실패하였다. 술 후 균음전환자 1예에서 수술 11개월째에 재발하였으나 추가로 전폐 절제술을 시행하여 완치하였다. 결론: 환자의 폐기능이 충분하며 적절한 절제가 가능한 병변일 경우 다제내성 폐결핵은 수술요법과 약물요법의 병합으로 높은 비율의 균음전과 완치를 이룰 수 있으며 심각한 합병증 또한 많지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다.

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