• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제71권3호
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• pp.202-209
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• 2011

Background: A tuberculous destroyed lung is sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis and causes various respiratory symptoms and pulmonary dysfunction. The patients with a tuberculous destroyed lung account for a significant portion of those with chronic lung disease in Korea. However, few reports can be found in the literature. We investigated the computed tomography (CT) findings in a tuberculous destroyed lung and the correlation with lung function. Methods: A retrospective analysis was carried out for 44 patients who were diagnosed with a tuberculous destroyed lung at the Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital between January 2004 and December 2009. Results: A chest CT scan showed various thoracic sequelae of tuberculosis. In lung parenchymal lesions, there were cicatrization atelectasis in 37 cases (84.1%) and emphysema in 13 cases. Bronchiectasis (n=39, 88.6%) was most commonly found in airway lesions. The mean number of destroyed bronchopulmonary segments was 7.7 (range, 4~14). The most common injured segment was the apicoposterior segment of the left upper lobe (n=36, 81.8%). In the pulmonary function test, obstructive ventilatory defects were observed in 31 cases (70.5%), followed by a mixed (n=7) and restrictive ventilatory defect (n=5). The number of destroyed bronchopulmonary segments showed a significant negative correlation with forced vital capacity (FVC), % predicted (r=-0.379, p=0.001) and forced expiratory volume in one second ($FEV_1$), % predicted (r=-0.349, p=0.020). After adjustment for age and smoking status (pack-years), the number of destroyed segments also showed a significant negative correlation with FVC, % predicted (B=-0.070, p=0.014) and $FEV_1$, % predicted (B=-0.050, p=0.022). Conclusion: Tuberculous destroyed lungs commonly showed obstructive ventilatory defects, possibly due to bronchiectasis and emphysema. There was negative correlation between the extent of destruction and lung function.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권6호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2012

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Korean version of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test (CAT) and Dyspnea-12 Questionnaire for patients with bronchiectasis or tuberculous destroyed lung. Methods: For 62 bronchiectasis patients and 37 tuberculous destroyed lung patients, 3 questionnaires including St. George's Respiratory Questionnaires (SGRQ), CAT, and Dyspnea-12 were obtained, in addition to spirometric measurements. To assess the validity of CAT and Dyspnea-12, correlation with SGRQ was evaluated. To assess the reliability of CAT and Dyspnea-12, Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ coefficient was calculated. Results: The mean ages of the patients were $60.7{\pm}8.3$ years in bronchiectasis and $64.4{\pm}9.3$ years in tuberculous destroyed lung. 46.8% and 54.1% were male, respectively. The SGRQ score was correlated with the score of the Korean version of CAT (r=0.72, p<0.0001) and Dyspnea-12 (r=0.67, p<0.0001) in bronchiectasis patients. The SGRQ score was correlated with the score of CAT (r=0.86, p<0.0001) and Dyspnea-12 (r=0.80, p<0.0001) in tuberculous destroyed lung patients. The Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ coefficient for the CAT and Dyspnea-12 were 0.84 and 0.90 in bronchiectasis, and 0.88 and 0.94 in tuberculous destroyed lung, respectively. Conclusion: We found that Korean version of CAT and Dyspnea-12 are valid and reliable in patients with tuberculous destroyed lung and bronchiectasis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.231-239
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• 2000

Background: This retrospective study tries to identify specific risk factors that may increase complication rates after the surgical treatment of tuberculous destroyed lung. Material and method: A retrospective study was performed on forty-seven patients, who received surgical treatment for tuberculous destroyed lung in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Hanyang University Hospital from 1988 to 1998, to identify specific preoperative risk factors related to postoperative complications. Fisher's exact test was used to identify the correlations between the complications and right pneumonectomy, preoperative FEV1, predicted postoperative FEV1, massive hemoptysis, postoperative persistent empyema. Result: Hospital mortality and morbidity rates of the patients who received surgical treatment for tuberculous destroyed lung were 6.4% and 29.7%, respectively. In view of the hospital mortality and morbidity rates as a whole, predicted postoperative FEV1 less than 0.8L(p<0.005), preoperative FEV1 less than 1.8L(p=0.01), massive hemoptysis(p<0.005), postoperative persistent positive sputum cultures(p<0.0005), and the presence of multi drug resistant tuberculosis(p<0.05) presented statistically significant correlations. Among the postoperative complications, bronchopleural fistula, the most common complication, was found to have statistically significant corrleations with the preoperative empyema(p<0.05) and postoperative persistent positive sputum cultures(p<0.05). Conclusion: Although mortality and morbidity rates after surgical treatment of tuberculous destroyed lung were relatively low, when predicted postoperative FEV1 was less than 0.8L, when preoperative FEV1 was less than 1.8L, when massive hemoptysis was present, when postoperative sputum cultures were persistently positive, and when multi drug resistant tuberculosis was present, the rates were significantly higher.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제77권4호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2014

Background: In Korea, patients with destroyed lung due to tuberculosis (TB) account for a significant portion of those affected by chronic pulmonary function impairment. The objective of our research was to evaluate the efficacy of inhaled tiotropium bromide in TB destroyed lung. Methods: We compared the effectiveness of inhaled tiotropium bromide for 2 months between pre- and post-treatment pulmonary function tests performed on 29 patients with destroyed lung due to TB. Results: The mean age of the total number of patients was $63{\pm}9$ years, where 15 patients were male. The pre-treatment mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second ($FEV_1$) was $1.02{\pm}0.31L$ ($44.1{\pm}16.0%$ predicted). The pre-treatment mean forced vital capacity (FVC) was $1.70{\pm}0.54L$ ($52.2{\pm}15.8%$ predicted). Overall, the change in $FEV_1%$ predicted over baseline with tiotropium was $19.5{\pm}19.1%$ (p<0.001). Twenty patients (72%) got better than a 10% increase in $FEV_1$ over baseline with tiotropium, but one patient showed more than a 10% decrease in $FEV_1$. Overall, the change in FVC% predicted over baseline with tiotropium was $18.5{\pm}19.9%$ (p<0.001). Seventeen patients (59%) experienced greater than a 10% increase in FVC over baseline with tiotropium; 12 (41%) patients had stable lung function. Conclusion: The inhaled tiotropium bromide therapy may lead to improve lung functions in patients with TB destroyed lung. However, the long-term effectiveness of this treatment still needs to be further assessed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.175-186
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• 1976

The cellular change of the pulmonary tuberculous lesions may be divided into two groups,exudative and proliferative form by their course and fate. In the most cases, the patients usually have very much complex type of cellular changes. Therefore, the shadows of the chest films in pulmonary tuberculosis are also much variable in nature. And Daniel said that knowledge of the pathology of tuberculosis and an appreciation of the method of progression and healing are essential to proper interpretation of the films. Author, having reviewed 33 cases of resected tuberculous lung obtained in N.M.T.H. for one year from Oct. '75 to Sep. '76 by surgical managements, classified the Pathological findings such as: 1) caseation only, 2) tuberculoma, 3) atelectatic lung 4) cavitary lesion and 5) atelectasis with cavity, and examined the relationship between the roentgenological characteristics of the chest films and the pathological process of tuberculous lesions of the resected lungs, The result were obtained as follows. (1) Tuberculoma was commonly appeared in $S_2$ segment in right and $S_6$ segment in left. (2) Atelectasis and destroyed lung were more commonly appeared in left lung than right, and their containing rate of cavity was 82%. (3) Cavities were mostly appeared in $S_1$ and $S_2$ segments of both lung and the appearance-rate of cavity on $S_6$ segment was higher in left than right. And among the cavitary lesions of the resected lung, cavity was not seen in the preoperative chest films in 22%. (4) The configuration, thickness and sharpness of the walls of cavities, which revealed the cavitary shadows in the preoperative chest films, were mostly depended on the degree of increased collagenous fiber of the wall, existence of perifocalitis, and more or less of the caseous masses on the inner surface of the cavity wall.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2008

저자들은 결핵성 파괴폐 환자에서 추적관찰 중 급성 호흡곤란을 주소로 내원하여 주폐동맥 혈전증으로 진단된 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제65권3호
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• pp.183-190
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• 2008

연구배경: 결핵후 폐손상 환자에서 나타나는 다양한 폐기능 장애는 이들의 건강관련 삶의 질에 심각한 영향을 주고 있을 것으로 추정되나 이에 대한 연구는 거의 없다. 결핵후 폐손상 환자에서의 임상적 특징을 알아보고, 나아가 만성 호흡기 질환에서 건강관련 삶의 질을 평가하는 도구로 널리 사용되고 있는 세인트조지 호흡기설문(St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire, SGRQ)의 한국어판이 결핵후 폐손상 환자에서도 유용하게 사용될 수 있을지를 평가하고자 하였다. 방 법: 폐결핵의 치료가 종결된 지 6개월 이상 경과하였으며 흉부 단순 촬영상 한 측 폐 1/2 이상의 손상이 관찰되는 결핵후 폐손상 환자에서 SGRQ를 시행하고 폐활량검사, 운동부하 심폐기능검사, HRCT의 결과와 비교하여 연관성을 살펴보고 SGRQ의 결핵후 폐손상의 평가에 있어 신뢰도와 타당도를 검정하였다. 결 과: 폐기능검사에서 혼합형 환기장애와 폐쇄성 환기장애는 각각 10명(45.0%), 9명(40.9%)에서 관찰되었다. 운동부하 심폐기능검사에서 평균 $VO_2max%$ predicted는 $39.0{\pm}10.9%$ 평균 $O_2$ pulse% predicted는 $61.3{\pm}13.6%$로 감소되어 있었다. 한국어판 SGRQ는 영향영역점수가 평균 $27.8{\pm}18.5$로 증상영역 평균 $53.9{\pm}20.9$ 활동영역 평균 $50.8{\pm}27.3$에 비하여 점수가 낮았다(p<0.05, p<0.01). Cronbach's alpha coefficient는 각각의 영역과 총 점수에서 모두 0.7 이상이었다. 총 점수는 $FEV_1%$ predicted(r=-0.46, p<0.05), 동맥혈산소포화도(r=-0.60, p<0.05), HRCT 비손상 기관지폐구역수(r=-0.52, p<0.05) 등과 관련이 있었다. 결 론: 결핵후 폐손상환자 대부분에서 폐쇄성 환기장애가 동반되었다. 한국어판 SGRQ는 결핵후 폐손상 환자의 삶의 질을 평가하는데 적절한 타당도와 신뢰도를 보여주었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1232-1240
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• 1996

부산대학교병원 흉부외과학교실에서는 1990년 1월부터 1995년 6월까지 폐결핵으로 추정진단하에 개 흉술을 시행한 121례를 관찰 분석하였다. 술후 병리조직학적인 최종진단은 폐결핵이 68례로 이중 결핵종이 29례이었으며, 폐암이 23례, 기관지 확장증이 16례, 폐국균종이 6례, 폐농양 2례, 양성낭종 2례등이었다. 121례의 남녀 성비는 81:40 이었고 연령분포는 폐결핵에서는 30대에서 27례(39.7%)로 가장 많았고 폐암에서는 50, 60대가 16례(69.6%)로 높은 빈도를 보였다. 방사선학적 소견상 결절성 병변을 보인 경우가 44례로, 이 중 폐결핵이 29례, 폐암이 15례이었다. 결핵성 결절은 폐암의 경우에 비해 크기가 3cm 미만이었고 석회화와 위성병변을 나타내는 빈도가 높았다. 수술적응은 타 질환 특히 폐암과의 감별을 요한 고립성 결절병변이 44례였고 일엽파괴폐가 31례, 대량객혈 25례, 공동성 병변 11레, 기관지병변이 3례, 일측파괴폐가 5례, 일측파괴폐와 농흉이 동반된 경우가 2례이었다. 술전 폐결핵이 의심됨 때는 폐암, 기관지확장증, 폐국균종, 폐농양 및 기타 양성 종양등과 감별하여야 하며 페결절이 크기가 3cm이상이거나 석회화와 위성병소가 없으며 항결핵제 투여에도 새로이 발생하고 PPD 피부반응검사 음성, CEA 값이 상승한 경우 폐암의 가능성 때문에 조기수술이 요구된다. 반면 크기가 3cm 미만이며 석회화와 위성병소를 동반하거나 PPD 피부반응검사 양성, ESR, CRP, ALP가 상승한 경우는 수술을 연기하고 경과관찰을 할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.705-709
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• 2005

배경: 염증성 폐질환에 의해 발생한 객혈을 폐절제술로 치료한 후 임상 결과를 분석해보고자 한다 대상 및 방법 : 1995년 1월부터 2004년 5월까지 양성 폐질환에 의해 객혈이 발생하여 폐절제술로 치료한 총 45명의 환자를 대상으로 하여 수술 후 이환율에 미치는 술 전 요소들과 수술 후 객혈의 재발 요인들을 분석하였다. 환자의 평균 나이는 47.1세였고 평균 추적기간은 $35\pm34$개월이었다. 결과: 수술 후 조기 사망은 2명$(4.4\%)$이었다. 술 후 합병증은 8명의 환자에게서 발생하였다. 술 전 또는 술 중에 수혈이 이루어진 그룹에서 수술 후 합병증 발생률이 높았다(p=0.002). 특히 파괴성 폐결핵 환자에게서 술 전 및 술 중 수혈 가능성이 높았고(p=0.001)수술 전에 의의 있게 많은 양의 객혈이 발생하였으며(p=0.002) 전폐절제술이 시행될 가능성이 많았고(p=0.039) 수술 후 합병증의 빈도가 높았다(p=0.015). 전폐절제술을 시행한 환자에서 술 후 출혈로 인해 재수술의 시행이 많았다(p=0.047). 추적 관찰 중 5명의 환자에서 객혈이 재발하여 이 중 3명의 환자는 소실되었고 2명의 환자는 간헐적인 혈액흔적 가래(blood tinged sputum) 양상이 지속되고 있다. 위 2명의 환자는 결핵의 재발로 현재 치료 중이다. 걸론 수술 후 이환율을 높이는 질환으로 파괴성 폐결핵을 들 수 있으며 염증성 폐질환으로 인한 전폐절제술은 술 후 출혈에 대한 각별한 주의를 요한다. 향후 보다 많은 증례를 통해 수술 후 객혈의 재발에 대한 심도 있는 연구가 필요할 것이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.204-208
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• 1993

The review of 68 patients, who were diagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax during the period from Dec, 1991. to Jul, 1992. were performed thoracoscopy of 70 cases under local anesthesia with 1% lidocaine at the department of thoracic & cardiovascular surgery, HanYang University Hospital. Clinical data on distribution of Age & Sex, Location, Frequency of Reccurrence and other aspects of pneumothorax were summerized.37 cases were treated by thoracoscopic management and closed thoracostomy. As thoracoscopic management, Electrocauterization of bullae or blebs[37 cases], Endo-clip application [2 cases], Removal of foreign body[1 case] were performed. 31 cases were cured by open thoracotomy. The thoracotomy indications under thoracoscopic finding were followed as: 1. Severe pulmonary adhesion and destroyed lung parenchyme 2. multiple bullae or blebs on several areas 3. finding of pulmonary tuberculous caseous lesion 4. persistant air leakage after 7 days from thoracoscopic management Excision, wedge resection of bullae or blebs was performed in most cases [22 cases], 2 cases by median sternotomy and Segmentectomy of 7 cases were carried out depending on the pathologic change of lung.There was no operative mortality and Follow-up for all patients were showed good results.