Clinical outcomes and changes in lung function after segmentectomy versus lobectomy for lung cancer cases.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We compared the clinical outcomes and changes in pulmonary function test (PFT) results after segmentectomy or lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.

Methods

The retrospective study included 212 patients who had undergone segmentectomy (group S) and 2336 patients who had undergone lobectomy (group L) from 1997 to 2012. The follow-up and medical record data were collected. We used all the longitudinal PFT data within 24 months postoperatively and performed linear mixed modeling. We analyzed the 5-year overall and disease-free survival in stage IA patients. We used propensity score case matching to minimize the bias due to imbalanced group comparisons.

Results

During the perioperative period, 1 death (0.4%) in group S and 7 (0.3%) in group L occurred. The ho

SUBMITTER: Deng B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169754 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature