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Risk factors and measures of pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
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- Postoperative short-term outcomes of minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Preoperative low attenuation area percentage as a predictor of postoperative pulmonary complications and prognosis in esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2026Article
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- A nomogram for postoperative pulmonary infections in esophageal cancer patients: a two-center retrospective clinical study.BMC surgery · 2025Article
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- Prediction and stratification for the surgical adverse events after minimally invasive esophagectomy: A two-center retrospective study.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Efficacy of preoperative single-dose dexamethasone in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications following minimally invasive esophagectomy: a retrospective propensity score-matched study.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2024Article
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- Comparison of early postoperative pulmonary complications between two-lung ventilation with artificial pneumothorax and one-lung ventilation with bronchial blockade in patients undergoing minimally invasive esophagectomy: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- The Association Between Preoperative Inspiratory Muscle Training Variables and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Subjects With Esophageal Cancer.Respiratory care · 2024Article
- Perioperative Risk Factors for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Relationship between the severity of emphysematous change in the lung and morbidity after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: A retrospective study on a novel strategy for risk prediction.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
- Survival Impacts of Impaired Lung Functions and Comorbidities on Elderly Esophageal Cancer Patients.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Aggressive intraoperative warming and postoperative pulmonary complications in elderly patients recovering from esophageal cancer surgery: sub-analysis of a randomized trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- The Application of Two-Stage Operation for High-Risk Patients with Oesophageal Cancer Following Gastrectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2022Article
- Comparison of complications and long-term survival after minimally invasive esophagectomy versus open esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Nitric Oxide Inhalation Therapy Attenuates Postoperative Hypoxemia in Obese Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Concomitant preoperative airflow obstruction confers worse prognosis after trans-thoracic surgery for esophageal cancer.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposePostoperative pulmonary complications (PCs) after thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (EC) still occur too frequently. We conducted this study to identify the risk factors for PCs developing in EC patients who undergo thoracoscopic esophagectomy.
methodsThe subjects of this retrospective study were 89 patients with EC who underwent thoracoscopic esophagectomy in our department between January 2010 and December 2015. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between the incidence of PC and clinical factors. In January 2016, we introduced a new prophylactic intervention for reducing the incidence of delirium and assessed its significance for PCs.
resultsPCs developed in 19 patients (21.3%). Univariate analysis revealed the following risk factors: age (> 69 years), ratio of the forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity (< 70%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and postoperative delirium. Multivariate analysis found that COPD and postoperative delirium were independent risk factors for PCs. Our new intervention for delirium significantly reduced its occurrence (p = 0.00004) and also the frequency of PCs (p = 0.04148).
conclusionsPostoperative delirium and COPD were risk factors for PCs in patients who underwent thoracoscopic esophagectomy. Our intervention study showed clearly that reducing the occurrence of postoperative delirium could decrease the incidence of PCs.
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