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EARLY COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING ANATOMIC LUNG RESECTIONS--EXPERIENCE OF A THORACIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY UNIT
Aim:
To analyze the medical and socioeconomic impact of the complications of anatomic lung resections performed at the Thoracic Surgery Unit of the Iasi Regional Cancer Institute.
Methods:
This retrospective study included patients who underwent anatomic lung resections between January 2013 and August 2015.
Results:
Over this interval a total of 172 major lung resections were performed: 31 (18.02%) pneumonectomies, 5 (2.91%) bilobectomies, and 136 (79.06%) lobectomies. Complications occurred in 36 patients, including bronchial stump fistula in 7 patients (4.06%), bronchopneumonia (9/5.23%), pleural empyema without bronchoscopically documented bronchial stump fistula (1/0.58%), chylothorax (1/0.58%), postoperative arrhythmia (3/1.74%), early postoperative stroke (1/0.58%), prolonged air leak (requiring hospital stay longer than 14 days) (11/6.38%), and postoperative hemothorax requiring reintervention (3/1.74%). Secondary to complications, a number of 3 (1.74%) patients died early postoperatively.
Conclusions:
The incidence of immediate and early postoperative complications is comparable to those reported by other authors.
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