Interstitial pneumonia and advanced age negatively influence postoperative pulmonary function.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Changes in postoperative pulmonary function vary among patients after lobectomy. We aimed to define preoperative factors that negatively influence postoperative % vital capacity (%VC) in patients treated by lobectomy.

Methods

We included 276 patients who had been treated by lobectomy at our institution between 2007 and 2018 and their preoperative and postoperative pulmonary function data were complete. We assigned them to groups based on postoperative pulmonary function defined as better (good) or worse (poor) than predicted %VC, then compared clinicopathological findings between them. Poor postoperative pulmonary function was also assessed using logistic regression analysis.

Results

Interstitial pneumonia (IP) was diagnosed in 37 (13.4%) patients. The preo

SUBMITTER: Mimae T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9070519 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature