Table 5.
Overall complications, mortality, and hospital stay of 124 locally advanced NSCLC patients who underwent major pulmonary resection after induction therapy.
| Complications | No. patients | % | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall complications | 61 | 49.2 | |
| Atelectasis lobar radiologically confirmed | 11 | 8.9 | (p = 0.229) |
| Tracheostomy | 5 | 4.0 | (p = 0.162) |
| Prolonged (> 48 h) mechanical ventilation | 10 | 8.1 | (p = 0.999) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 19 | 15.3 | (p = 0.175) |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 13.7 | (p = 0.163) |
| Hospital/30-day mortality | 8 | 6.5 | |
| Late/6-month mortality | 7 | 5.6 | |
| Intraoperative hemorrhage | 7 | 5.6 | (p = 0.420) |
| Early (< 3 months) bronchopleural fistula | 9 | 7.3 | (p = 0.999) |
| Late (> 3 months) bronchopleural fistula | 2 | 1.6 | (p = 0.347) |
| Empyema | 13 | 10.5 | (p = 0.371) |
| Readmission | 20 | 16.1 | |
| Prolonged > 1 week air leak post lobectomy | 6 | 4.8 | (p = 0.664) |
| Acute respiratory distress syndrome | 3 | 2.4 | (p = 0.551) |
| Chylothorax | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Mediastinal shift | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Vocal cord palsy | 3 | 2.4 | (p = 0.658) |
| Ischemic central & peripheral event | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Pulmonary thromboembolism | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Pulmonary edema | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Acute renal failure | 2 | 1.6 | (p = 0.543) |
| Delirium | 1 | 0.8 |