Association between Image Characteristics on Chest CT and Severe Pleural Adhesion during Lung Cancer Surgery.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between image characteristics on preoperative chest CT and severe pleural adhesion during surgery in lung cancer patients. We included consecutive 124 patients who underwent lung cancer surgeries. Preoperative chest CT was retrospectively reviewed to assess pleural thickening or calcification, pulmonary calcified nodules, active pulmonary inflammation, extent of emphysema, interstitial pneumonitis, and bronchiectasis in the operated thorax. The extent of pleural thickening or calcification was visually estimated and categorized into two groups: localized and diffuse. We measured total size of pulmonary calcified nodules. The extent of emphysema, interstitial pneumonitis, and bronchiectasis was also evaluated with a visual scoring sys

SUBMITTER: Jin KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865230 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature