Characterization and Importance of Air Leak After Lobectomy

Okereke, Ikenna; Murthy, Sudish C.; Alster, Joan M.; Blackstone, Eugene H.; Rice, Thomas W.

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.08.069

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“…In addition to the studies for the risk factors of PAL, a considerable number of studies have reported the postoperative effects of PAL. Patients with PAL were more likely to concurrent with pneumonia, empyema and other postoperative complications (3,4,7,17). However, most of the previous studies were based on the data of open thoracotomy, and the studied population included the patients with various pulmonary diseases.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…PAL has been found to increase various cardio-pulmonary complications in previous studies (3,4). We further compared the PAL group with non-PAL group on PLOS and medical costs.…”

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“…Most of the previous studies on PAL were based on the data of patients underwent open thoracotomy (2)(3)(4). It is widely accepted that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has shown tremendous advantages in lung surgery.…”

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“…According to previous studies, the incidence of PAL was approximately 10% (2,3). Several risk factors of PAL have been identified, including age, body mass index (BMI), surgeons and surgical site (4,5).…”

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Prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracic surgery lung cancer resection: risk factors and its effect on postoperative clinical recovery

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Background: Prolonged air leak (PAL) is one of the most common postoperative complications after pulmonary resection. The aim of this study was to reveal the incidence and risk factors of PAL in videoassisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lung cancer resection, and to evaluate the effect of PAL on postoperative complications, postoperative length of stay (PLOS), and medical costs. Methods: Continuous patients who underwent VATS major pulmonary resection for lung cancer betweenJanuary 2014 and December 2015 were studied. Clinical data of these patients were obtained from the Western China Lung Cancer Database. PAL was defined as air leak more than 5 days after surgery. The risk factors for PAL were analyzed, as well as the effect of PAL on postoperative clinical recovery.

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confidence: 98%

“…PAL has been found to increase various cardio-pulmonary complications in previous studies (3,4). We further compared the PAL group with non-PAL group on PLOS and medical costs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracic surgery lung cancer resection: risk factors and its effect on postoperative clinical recovery

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“…No universal consensus exist as to the exact duration of air leak which constitutes a prolonged air leak, but it is generally regarded to exist if it is present for more than 5 days(1-4) or 7 days(2, 5-7) after initial surgery. It is an important complication that results in increased length of stay (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) and has been associated with other post-operative complications such as pneumonia (12,14,16), empyema (9,10,16) and ICU re-admission (12).…”

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confidence: 99%