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Table 3 Surgical procedures in 129 patients with bronchiectasis

From: A long-term study assessing the factors influencing survival and morbidity in the surgical management of bronchiectasis

Procedure

 

No. of Patients

Pneumonectomy

  

   Left

 

5 (3.8%)

   Right

 

3 (2.3%)

   Lobectomy

  

Right upper lobe

 

4 (3.1%)

Right middle lobe

 

13(10.0%)

Right lower lobe

 

11 (8.5%)

Left upper lobe

 

5 (3.8%)

Left lower lobe

 

40 (31.0%)

Lingulectomy or segmentectomy+ wedge resection

(bilateral)

6(4.6%)

   Lobectomy ± segmentectomy (Bilateral) Bilobectomy

 

3 (2.3%)

Right upper lobe + right middle lobe

7 (5.4%)

Right middle lobe + right lower lobe

5 (3.8%)

Left upper lobe +

lingula

3 (2.3%)

Left lower lobe +

lingula

14 (10.8%)

   Bilateral segmentectomy

10 (7.7%)