Patient reported and functional outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for pulmonary aspergilloma.

This will be an observational study with both retrospective and prospective arm. The study will be conducted in surgery unit 3 in department of surgical disciplines, AIIMS New Delhi. Patients of age 18-65 years and both gender who have undergone surgery for pulmonary aspergilloma will be included. The retrospective arm will include patients from January 2014 till the time of obtaining ethical clearance. The prospective arm will include patients operated for pulmonary aspergilloma from the time of ethical clearance till July 2026. Written informed consent will be obtained from the participants of the prospective arm for inclusion in study. The medical case record files of the patients in the retrospective arm will be retrieved from medical record sections for collection of data. Parameters like demographic details, history of smoking, pre-existing pulmonary disease, comorbidities, pulmonary disease in family, symptoms, treatment prior to surgery, haematological investigations, radiological investigations, pulmonary function test, type of surgery, parameter of difficult surgery, post operative pain, post operative complications, ipsilateral shoulder joint mobility, ipsilateral shoulder joint pain, recurrence of disease, relief of symptoms will be recorded. Based on review of literature it is expected that approximately 85 percent of cases will be presenting symptomatically warranting surgery. Therefore, assuming this as the anticipated proportion, a minimum of 35 cases will be required in prospective study. Earnest attempts will be made to recruit these minimum number of cases, however in case it limits due logistical or feasible aspects, data collected from available cases will be analysed and reported.