Reliability of dynamic perfusion digital radiography as an alternative to pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy in predicting postoperative lung function and complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate perioperative risk assessment can enhance the perioperative management of patients undergoing radical surgery for lung cancer. In this study, we compared the accuracy of predicting perioperative complications by lung function values, estimated by blood flow ratios (BFRs), to determine whether dynamic perfusion digital radiography (DPDR) could substitute for pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy (PPS).

Methods

Patients scheduled for radical surgery for lung cancer who underwent simultaneous dynamic chest radiography (DCR) and lung perfusion scintigraphy were assessed. We confirmed the agreement between two methods in the assessment of the BFR and its predicted postoperative (ppo) value. Besides, the best spirometry thresholds for the risk of perioperative respi

SUBMITTER: Hanaoka J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562549 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature