Preoperative detection of pleural adhesions using dynamic chest radiography: prospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To plan a surgical approach and predict the operative time or bleeding volume, it is important to determine the presence of pleural adhesions before surgery. Dynamic chest radiography (DCR) is a new modality that can dynamically capture X-rays, and we assessed the utility of DCR for detecting pleural adhesions preoperatively.

Methods

The subjects of this study were those who underwent DCR before surgery from January 2020 to May 2022. The preoperative evaluation was performed by three imaging analysis modes, and pleural adhesion was defined as the that spreading to more than 20% of the thoracic cavity and/or taking more than 5 minutes to dissect.

Results

Of the 120 total patients, DCR was performed properly for 119 (99.2%). Accurate preoperative evaluations

SUBMITTER: Watanabe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature