Abstract
The number of patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis (NTM) has been increasing in recent years. According to the guideline of the Japanese Society for Tuberculosis, a localized lesion and resistance to drug treatment are indications for surgery. We compared lobectomy and segmentectomy for NTM. We investigated four lobectomy cases (A) and seven segmentectomy cases (B) from January 2008 to November 2011. There was no significant difference in the operation time, amount of bleeding, and postoperative days of hospitalization. There was no recurrence in the surgical margin in group B. Since NTM lung disease is benign, minimally invasive surgery is desired. According to this study, segmentectomy for NTM can be a standard surgical procedure.
