Authors
Urs Zingg, Bernard M Smithers, David C Gotley, Garett Smith, Ahmad Aly, Anthony Clough, Adrian J Esterman, Glyn G Jamieson, David I Watson
Publication date
2011/5
Journal
Annals of surgical oncology
Volume
18
Pages
1460-1468
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Description
Background
Most studies analyzing risk factors for pulmonary morbidity date from the early 1990s. Changes in technology and treatment such as minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and neoadjuvant treatment mandate analysis of more contemporary cohorts.
Methods
Predictive factors for overall and specific pulmonary morbidity in 858 patients undergoing esophagectomy between 1998 and 2008 in five Australian university hospitals were analyzed by logistic regression models.
Results
A total of 394 patients underwent open esophagectomy, and 464 patients underwent MIE. A total of 259 patients received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, 139 preoperative chemotherapy alone, and 2 preoperative radiotherapy alone. In-hospital mortality was 3.5%. Smoking and the number of comorbidities were risk factors for …
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