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2766139

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the current operative morbidity for elective surgery of lung cancer, the authors reviewed the charts of 1076 consecutive patients who underwent pulmonary resection between 1978 and 1984 at two major Canadian teaching hospitals. Of these patients, 731 (68%) had a normal course. Minor complications occurred in 206 patients (19%); the majority were supraventricular arrhythmias (100 events) and atelectasis (41 events). Nonfatal major complications occurred in 105 patients (9.8%). The overall operative death rate was 3.2%. If supraventricular arrhythmias are excluded, nearly 80% of patients had a smooth postoperative course. In order to correlate the occurrence of complications with pre- and perioperative data, several possible risk factors were analysed. For major complications and death, the age, the forced expiratory volume, weight loss, coexisting disease, stage of cancer and extent of resection were significant risk factors (p less than 0.05). The data show that elective pulmonary surgery can be done safely and complications prevented. The necessary requirements are: proper selection of patients, a well-performed operation and prompt treatment of potential problems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0008-428X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
335-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-8-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Current operative morbidity associated with elective surgical resection for lung cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Centre de pneumologie de l'hôpital Laval, Ste-Foy, PQ.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article