Risk factors for prolonged air leak after uniportal anatomical segmentectomy
Low BMI, DLCO% or FEV1% values, increased pack-years, inhalers, diabetes, hypertension, histology of primary lung cancer, longer surgery time, an additional wedge resection, segment 2 removal and upper lobe surgery were identified as risk factors for PAL.
Authors
- Thanh-Long Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4621-9847)
- Konstantinos Gioutsos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-022X)
- Patrick Dorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7203-3122)
- Michail Galanis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-044X)
- Olga Rieder
- Ömer Şenbaklavacı
Institutions
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf030
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.11