Table 8. Incidence of operations requiring reoperation according to the initial surgical procedure performed in the 719 patients of the study.

Procedures	No. of operations	No. of patients requiring reoperation for complications	%
Lung parenchyma resection	228	17	7.4
Pleurectomy (with or without bullectomy)*	106	7	6.6
Resection of mediastinal tumors and cysts	55	2	3.6
Exploratory thoracotomy or thoracoscopy, lung and lung tumor biopsies	54	1	1.8
Drainage/decortication for empyema, drainage of lung abscess	37	3	8.1
Chest wall resection and reconstruction	22	1	4.5
Trauma (hemothorax, sternal fractures, rupture of hemidiaphragm)	11	2	18.2

*, pleurectomy/decortication procedures for mesothelioma are not included.