Lung cancer surgery for patients on hemodialysis: A decade of experience at multicenter institutions.

CONCLUSIONS: Lung cancer surgery for HD patients provides favorable long-term outcomes despite higher postoperative mortality and morbidity rates. As an extended operation is significantly associated with postoperative complications, thoracic surgeons should carefully select the type of resection based on a balance between the therapeutic benefit and invasiveness in these patients.
PMID: 31962110 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 17, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Yamamoto Y, Kanzaki R, Ose N, Funakoshi Y, Ikeda N, Takami K, Iwasaki T, Iwazawa T, Yokouchi H, Shiono H, Kodama K, Shintani Y, Thoracic Surgery Study Group of Osaka University (TSSGO) Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research