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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1974-1981
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: General thoracic

Preoperative Serum Fibrinogen Level Predicts Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Lung Cancer Resection

Center for Lung Cancer, Cancer Biostatistics Branch, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Korea

Accepted for publication January 3, 2006.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Zo, Center for Lung Cancer, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu1-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, 411-769, Korea (Email: jaylzo{at}ncc.re.kr).

Presented at the Poster Session of the Forty-second Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, IL, Jan 30–Feb 1, 2006.

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing pulmonary resection are thought to be at high risk for the development of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), and these complications may lead to serious morbidity. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing lung cancer resection and to determine the effect of PPCs on survival.

METHODS: The study involved a retrospective review of 635 patients who had undergone curative resection for lung cancer. The patient group included 504 males (79.4%), and the overall mean age was 61.3 years. Patients were classified as those who had experienced PPCs (PPCs group, n = 105, 16.5%) or those who had not (no-PPCs group, n = 530, 83.5%).

RESULTS: The surgical procedures performed were 101 pneumonectomies (15.9%), 505 lobectomies (79.5%), and 29 lesser resections (4.6%). Cancer types comprised 330 squamous cell carcinomas (52.0%), 255 adenocarcinomas (40.2%) and 50 others (7.8%). Univariate analysis showed that the following factors were predictors for PPCs: male sex, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, preoperative serum fibrinogen level, pulmonary function, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smoking, double primary cancer, and surgical duration. Multivariate logistic regression showed that preoperative serum fibrinogen level (p < 0.001), surgical duration (p < 0.0001) and being male (p = 0.02) were significant predictors of PPCs. Overall survival 3 years after surgery was 68.2% in no-PPCs group and 38.8% in PPCs group (p < 0.0001). Regardless of tumor staging, overall survival differed significantly between PPCs and no-PPCs groups, whereas disease-free survival did not.

CONCLUSIONS: Higher preoperative serum fibrinogen levels, longer surgical duration, and being male were the predictive factors for PPCs in surgical candidates. The development of PPCs was linked to a shortened overall survival.

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