Time Trends of Perioperative Outcomes in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resection Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Decrease in the rates of perioperative outcomes parallels improvements in patient selection and perioperative management of early-stage NSCLC resection patients. Predictors of pulmonary complication could be used to improve selection criteria for surgery and to reduce the incidence of pulmonary complication in these patients. PMID: 31539514 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 16, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Shewale JB, Correa AM, Brown EL, Leon Novelo LG, Nyitray AG, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Roth J, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Sepesi B Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research