ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Predicting Respiratory Complications Following Lobectomy Using Quantitative CT Measures of Emphysema.
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- Predicting the initiation for home oxygen therapy after lung resection using low-attenuation lung volume on computed tomography.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Postoperative Pulmonary Function and Structural Remodelling After Lobectomy in Patients With and Without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Postoperative changes in low attenuation volume according to the number of resected subsegments: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- 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
- Artificial Intelligence as a Diagnostic Tool in Preoperative Surgical Planning for Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single-Center Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Significance of measuring the severity of emphysema, in combination with spirometry, on the risk evaluation of patients undergoing major lung resection for cancer†.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2025Article
- Association between Mortality and Lung Low Attenuation Areas in NSCLC Treated by Surgery.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prediction of Postoperative Respiratory Complications after Lobectomy in Lung Cancer Patients with COPD by Quantitative Image Analysis: A Historical Cohort Study.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeIn performing surgery for lung cancer, emphysema is a risk factor related to postoperative respiratory complications (PRC). However, few studies have addressed the risk of radiological emphysematous volume affecting PRC. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between emphysematous volume as measured on 3-dimensional computed tomography and PRC. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe reviewed 342 lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy between 2013 and 2018. The percentage of low attenuation area (LAA%) was defined as the percentage of the lung area showing attenuation of -950 Hounsfield units or lower. Preoperative factors including age, sex, body mass index, smoking index, respiratory function, tumour histology, and LAA% were evaluated. PRC included pneumonia, atelectasis, prolonged air leakage, empyema, hypoxia, ischemic bronchitis, bronchopleural fistula, and exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia. Uni- and multivariable analyses were performed to investigate the relationship between independent clinical variables and postoperative adverse events.
resultsMedian LAA% was 5.0% (range, 0-40%) and PRC was observed in 50 patients (14.6%). Patients who presented with PRC showed significantly high LAA% compared to those without complications (median: 8.1% vs 3.8%; p < 0.001). Based on univariable analysis, age, sex, smoking index, percentage of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV
conclusionIn addition to respiratory function with spirometry, LAA% can be used as a predictor of PRC.
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