Impact of previous gastrectomy on postoperative pneumonia after pulmonary resection in lung cancer patients

• Published in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 750 - 753
• Main Authors: Kaneda, Hiroyuki, Nakano, Takahito, Taniguchi, Yohei, Saito, Tomohito, Konobu, Toshifumi, Saito, Yukihito
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - surgery; Chi-Square Distribution; Female; Gastrectomy - adverse effects; Humans; Incidence; Institutional Reports; Japan; Logistic Models; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Pneumonectomy - adverse effects; Pneumonia, Aspiration - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Aspiration - etiology; Pneumonia, Aspiration - prevention & control; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Complication; Pneumonia; Gastrectomy; Lung cancer

Postoperative pneumonia is a serious complication following pulmonary resection. Aspiration of oesophageal reflux contents is known to cause pulmonary complications in patients with a history of gastrectomy. In this study, we compared the incidence of postoperative pneumonia in patients with or with...