Pleural lavage cytology after lung resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and the feasibility of 20 mL saline solution

• Published in: Asian journal of surgery Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 283 - 289
• Main Authors: Nakamura, Toru, Otsuki, Yoshiro, Nakamura, Hidenori, Funai, Kazuhito
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Elsevier Taiwan LLC 01.01.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Lung cancer staging; Lung cancer surgery; Pleural lavage cytology; Prognostic factor; Prognostic factor; Lung cancer staging; Lung cancer surgery; Pleural lavage cytology

There are two issues to be discussed in pleural lavage cytology (PLC) for resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whether it should be performed before (pre-PLC) or after (post-PLC) the lung resection and the dose of saline varies widely among the institutions. We retrospectively reviewed the cl...