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ArticleGeneral thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2021

Perioperative risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients underwent uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) pneumonectomy versus open thoracotomy: single center experience.

Samer Al Sawalhi, Junrong Ding, Jacopo Vannucci, Yuping Li, Ahmad Odeh, Deping Zhao

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Samer Al Sawalhi *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Junrong Ding *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Jacopo VannucciDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Yuping LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Ahmad OdehDepartment of Surgery, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Deping ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China. zdp1992@163.com.
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital · CNTongji University · CNKing Faisal University · SA

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objectivesTo evaluate perioperative risk factors for AF in patients undergoing uniportal VATS pneumonectomy versus open thoracotomy, and to investigate mediastinal lymph nodes dissection (MLND) on the occurrence of AF.

methodsPatients were divided into 2 groups based on the surgical approach: uniportal VATS and open pneumonectomy. Analysis was done using chi-square test. Multiple variables were tested using univariate analysis. A p value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

resultsThree-hundred and forty-one patients underwent pneumonectomy between 2014 and 2018 in Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital. Fifty-eight patients underwent uniportal VATS, and 283 underwent thoracotomies. AF was the most common event observed. The overall occurrence of peri-operative AF was 33/341 (9.67%). In the uniportal, converted, and open group the incidence of AF was: 3/52 (5.76%), 1/6 (16.6%), and 29/283 (10.42%), respectively. Overall, there was no specific surgical technique correlated with increased incidence of AF (p = 0.432). By univariate analysis; large tumor size > 4.5 cm (p < 0.010), operative time (OT) > 125 min (p < 0.002), and greater volume of blood loss (p < 0.001) increased the risk of AF. Additionally, patients who experienced higher post-operative pain (p < 0.002) were more vulnerable to developing AF. Mortality occurred in one AF patient (1/33, 3%). Number of lymph nodes harvested was not related to AF incidence (p = 0.520).

conclusionsAlthough AF incidence was lower in uniportal group, it was not statistically significant. Large tumor size, long operative time, and increased blood loss were associated with increased risk of perioperative AF. These results need to be confirmed by larger studies.

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Atrial FibrillationLung NeoplasmsChinaHumansPneumonectomyPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedThoracotomyAtrial fibrillationPneumonectomyUniportal VATS

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