A Prolonged Air Leak Score for Lung Cancer Resection: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to create a simple preoperative tool to assess the risk of prolonged air leak (PAL) using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (STS GTSD).

Methods

The STS GTSD was queried for patients who underwent elective lung cancer resection between 2009 and 2016. Exclusion criteria included pneumonectomy, sleeve lobectomy, chest wall resection, bilateral procedures, and patients with incomplete data sets. The primary outcome was PAL exceeding 5 days. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for a PAL. Model coefficients were used to generate a PAL score (PALS). The approach was cross-validated in 100 replications of a training set consisting of two-thirds of the cohort that was randomly

SUBMITTER: Seder CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8693718 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature