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Surgical Management Of Pulmonary Aspergilloma: Clinical Experience With 77 Cases, Koray Aydoğdu, Funda İncekara, Mehmet Furkan Şahi̇n, Seli̇m Şaki̇r Erkmen Gülhan, Göktürk Findik, Abdullah İrfan Taştepe, Sadi̇ Kaya

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: This retrospective study evaluated the clinical presentation, underlying lung disease, surgical indications, technique, treatment outcomes, and postoperative complications of pulmonary aspergilloma. Materials and methods: We evaluated 77 patients who underwent pulmonary resection of an aspergilloma at Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Research and Training Hospital between January 2000 and December 2013. The initial operations were 4 pneumonectomies, 24 lobectomies, 9 lobectomy plus myoplasties, 10 segmental resections, and 30 wedge resections. Six reoperations were carried out to deal with postoperative complications: 1 myoplasty, 2 completion lobectomies plus myoplasties, 2 myoplasties with rib resections, and 1 completion lobectomy. Results: The …