ReviewIndian journal of anaesthesia2015
Post-operative pulmonary complications after thoracotomy.
Review in Indian journal of anaesthesia, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 117 citations in OpenAlex.
- Postoperative outcomes of combined interpectoral-pectoserratus versus combined deep-superficial serratus anterior plane blocks in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery: A prospective randomized study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Hypoxic preconditioning improves intraoperative oxygenation and postoperative recovery in children undergoing thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Trial
- Impact of respiratory muscle-stretching exercise on chest expansion and shoulder mobility post-thoracotomy: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Trial
- Phrenic nerve block during nonintubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a single-centre, double-blind, randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Traditional chest drainage versus drainage by thoracotomy: a prospective randomized study.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2020Trial
- Hypoxia preconditioning attenuates lung injury after thoracoscopic lobectomy in patients with lung cancer: a prospective randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2019Trial
- Perioperative safety and risk stratification of simultaneous resection for multiple pulmonary nodules via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Article
- Comorbidities as predictors of postoperative pulmonary complications after lung cancer surgery.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Thoracotomy for Pleural Empyema: Outcomes and Risk Factors in a Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Uniportal subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy using percutaneous suspension technique for giant anterior mediastinal mass resection: a case report.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Aortic Valve Replacement and Ascending Aortic Plication in a Postpneumonectomy Patient: Surgical and Perioperative Challenges.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2026Article
- Article
- Lung and lobe torsion: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Review
- Article
- Rethinking Thoracotomy Analgesia: Paravertebral Block Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia in Real-World Practice.Cureus · 2025Article
- Article
- Risk assessment of postoperative atelectasis in elderly lung cancer patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery based on a nomogram model.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Is a Perioperative Opioid-Sparing Anesthesia-Analgesia Strategy Feasible in Open Thoracotomies? Findings from a Retrospective Matched Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- How soon should we remove a chest drain following anatomic lung resection?European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Pulmonary complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the post-operative period after thoracotomy. The type of complications and the severity of complications depend on the type of thoracic surgery that has been performed as well as on the patient's pre-operative medical status. Risk stratification can help in predicting the possibility of the post-operative complications. Certain airway complications are more prone to develop with thoracic surgery. Vocal cord injuries, bronchopleural fistulae, pulmonary emboli and post-thoracic surgery non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema are some of the unique complications that occur in this subset of patients. The major pulmonary complications such as atelectasis, bronchospasm and pneumonia can lead to respiratory failure. This review was compiled after a search for search terms within 'post-operative pulmonary complications after thoracic surgery and thoracotomy' on search engines including PubMed and standard text references on the subject from 2000 to 2015.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.