Hypervascularized bronchial arteries as a risk factor for intraoperative bleeding and prolonged surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study investigated whether highly vascularized bronchial arteries affect the intraoperative blood loss and the operative time of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.Methods: We retrospectively collected data on consecutive pathological stage I to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer patients who underwent VATS lobectomy with systematic lymph node dissection between January 2017 and December 2019. Patients were divided into the following two groups according to bronchial artery diameters on preoperative enhanced contrast computed tomography (CT) findings: ≤2 and >2 mm groups.

Results

Among the 175 patients enrolled, risk factors for intraoperative blood loss >50 mL were being male (P=0.005), a

SUBMITTER: Takizawa H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature