Scientific article
English

Operative mortality and respiratory complications after lung resection for cancer: impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and time trends

Published inThe annals of thoracic surgery, vol. 81, no. 5, p. 1830-1837
Publication date2006
Abstract

Smoking is a common risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular disease, and lung cancer. In this observational study, we examined the impact of COPD severity and time-related changes in early outcome after lung cancer resection.

Keywords
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms/epidemiology/mortality/physiopathology/surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology
  • ROC Curve
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Smoking/epidemiology
  • Thoracotomy
  • Treatment Outcome
Citation (ISO format)
LICKER, Marc et al. Operative mortality and respiratory complications after lung resection for cancer: impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and time trends. In: The annals of thoracic surgery, 2006, vol. 81, n° 5, p. 1830–1837. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.048
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Journal ISSN0003-4975
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