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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Chest. 2005 Mar;127(3):909–915. doi: 10.1378/chest.127.3.909

Table 4.

Surgical Complications Among Treated Patients*

Toxicity TS
(n = 196)
TTI
(n = 223)
RBC transfusion 5 (2.6) 10 (4.5)
Postprocedure fever 68 (34.7) 68 (30.0)
Wound infection 2 (1.0) 1 (0.4)
Empyema 2 (1.0) 1 (0.4)
Bronchopleural fistula 4 (2.0) 6 (2.7)
Atelectasis (requiring more than two bronchoscopies) 0 (0) 3 (1.3)
Pneumonia (requiring antibiotics) 7 (3.6) 21 (9.3)
Respiratory failure 8 (4.0) 18 (8.1)
Dysrhythmia (requiring treatment) 9 (4.6) 12 (5.4)
Myocardial infarction 1 (0.5) 1 (0.4)
Deep vein thrombosis 0 (0) 7 (3.1)
Pulmonary embolism 0 (0) 4 (1.8)
Postoperative death 12 (6.1) 19 (8.4)
*

Data are presented as No. (%).