External validation of risk prediction scores in patients undergoing anatomic video-assisted thoracoscopic resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

EuroLung Risk scores were established to predict postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing anatomic lung resections. We aimed to perform an external validation of the EuroLung scores, which were calculated from data of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database, in our video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery cohort.

Methods

All available EuroLung scores were calculated for 718 patients scheduled for anatomic video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery resections between 2009 and 2019. Morbidity and mortality according to the definitions of the EuroLung scores were analyzed in a prospectively maintained database.

Results

Overall observed complication rate was 10.45%. Scores showed weak individual correlation (η = 0.155-0.174). The EuroLung1

SUBMITTER: Ponholzer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10081977 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature