Prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications in older patients undergoing lobectomy for lung cancer based on skeletal muscle mass.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This retrospective study was designed to evaluate preoperative pulmonary function test (PFT) results and skeletal muscle mass, represented by the erector spinae muscle (EM), as predictors of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) in older patients undergoing lobectomy for lung cancer.

Methods

The medical records, including preoperative PFT, chest computed tomography (CT) and PPCs, of patients older than 65 years undergoing lobectomy for lung cancer were retrospectively examined at Konkuk University Medical Center from January 2016 to December 2021. The sum of cross-sectional areas (CSAs) of the right and left EMs at the level of the spinous process with the 12^th thoracic vertebra was used as the skeletal muscle mass (CSA_Both).

Result

SUBMITTER: Hong SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089878 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature