A simple prediction score for postoperative mortality after decortication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decortication of the lung, either by video-thoracoscopy or thoracotomy is potentially a morbid procedure and has significantly higher mortality compared with other major thoracic procedures. Much of this difference can be attributed to other significant comorbidities and to the non-elective nature of the surgery. Our primary goal was to recognize the preoperative unique characteristics of patients who had postoperative mortality within the first 30 days. Our secondary goal was to build a score system to calculate the odds of death after decortication.

Methods

Patients who had undergone either partial or total pulmonary decortication were retrospectively identified from the 2015-2017 databases of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvemen

SUBMITTER: Zorbas KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797368 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature