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Thoracic Surgery in Chronic Granulomatous Disease: a 25-Year Single-Institution Experience

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Introduction

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a genetic disorder in which phagocyte dysfunction leads to recurrent infection. Persistent pulmonary infections sometimes require thoracic surgical intervention. We reviewed our 25-year experience to identify outcomes and prognostic factors associated with thoracic surgery in these patients.

Methods

A retrospective single-institution review of all patients with CGD from 1990 through 2015 was performed. Univariate analysis identified prognostic variables to include in a Cox model. Overall survival was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method.

Results

We identified 258 patients who had 2221 admissions (both scheduled and emergent). During the period examined, 51 thoracic operations were performed in 13.6 % (35/258) of patients and 2.3 % (35/2221) of overall admissions. Patients undergoing surgery did not have statistically significant differences in disease genotype compared to those that did not require surgery. Pathogens were identified from 67 % (34/51) of specimens. Complications occurred in 27 % (14/51), including 10 % (5/51) with wound and 12 % (6/51) with pulmonary infections. Mortality at 30 and 90 days was 0 and 6 % (3/51), respectively. Overall survival probabilities were 75 and 62 % at 5- and 10-year follow-up (median potential follow-up: 16.5 years), respectively. Undergoing thoracic surgery was associated with an increased hazard ratio for death of 3.71 (p < 0.0001). Both chest wall resection and EBL > 500 mL were negative prognostic factors (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

A minority of CGD patients required thoracic surgery for infections refractory to antibiotic or antifungal therapy. Patients who had these operations had significant morbidity and relatively poor long-term survival, particularly in the cases of chest wall resection or significant blood loss.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Disease at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease for their assistance and collaboration in this work. This work supported by the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH.

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Conception and design: PL Feingold, SM Holland, and RT Ripley

Data management and support: BE Marciano

Provision of study materials or patients: HL Malech, JI Gallin, CS Zerbe, SM Holland, DS Schrump, and RT Ripley

Collection and assembly of data: PL Feingold and HS Quadri

Data analysis and interpretation: SM Steinberg, PL Feingold, SM Holland, JI Gallin, and RT Ripley

Manuscript writing: PL Feingold, SM Holland and RT Ripley

Final approval of manuscript: All authors

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Feingold, P.L., Quadri, H.S., Steinberg, S.M. et al. Thoracic Surgery in Chronic Granulomatous Disease: a 25-Year Single-Institution Experience. J Clin Immunol 36, 677–683 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-016-0319-9

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