Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary lung cancer resections in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are considered a high-risk population to receive radical surgical treatment due to the high incidence of cardiopulmonary complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical factors associated with postoperative complications in primary lung cancer patients with moderate to extremely severe grades of COPD.

Methods

From December 2015 to June 2020, 138 patients with moderate to extremely severe COPD who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung cancer resection (lobectomy or sublobar resection) were retrospectively reviewed. Patients' postoperative complications were collected from clinical records. Clinical factors (such as COPD severity or surgical approaches, etc.

SUBMITTER: Xu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature