Background: To monitor dypsnea and mortality at 5 and 10 years, respectively, after surgical treatment of tuberculosis-destroyed lung (TDL) patients. Methods: TDL patients treated surgically at Beijing Chest Hospital from November 2007 to June 2019 were monitored in this observational study. Follow-up assessments of respiratory function indicators and survival conducted 5 and 10 years post-surgery led to patient grouping based on mMRC score into a dyspnea group (mMRC ≥ 1) and a non-dyspnea group (mMRC = 0). Cox regression analysis detected effects of patient demographics, clinical characteristics, surgical factors and respiratory function on 5 year post-surgical survival. Results: By study completion (June 30, 2020), 32 of 104 patients were lost and 72 completed follow-up for a study total of 258.9 person-years. 45 patients (62.5%, 45/72) had mMRC scores of 0, while 12 (16.7%, 12/72), 21 (36.2%, 21/58) and 27 (60.0%, 27/45) patients exhibited dyspnea by 1, 3 and 5 years post-surgery, respectively. Low lung carbon monoxide diffusion score (DLCO% pred) and scoliosis contributed to dyspnea occurrence. Conclusions: Most TDL patients lacked subjective dyspnea signs post-surgery, while dyspnea rates increased with time. Preoperative low lung diffusion function and Scoliosis were associated with factors for postoperative dyspnea. Surgical treatment increased TDL patient survival overall.
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Ruan, H., Liu, F., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Hou, D., Yang, X., … Liu, Z. (2022). Long-term follow-up of tuberculosis-destroyed lung patients after surgical treatment. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-02139-z
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