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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1027-1032
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: General thoracic

Lung Cancer Surgery in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

Accepted for publication April 24, 2006.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Iwasaki, Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 45-1, 7-chome Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180 Japan (Email: akinori{at}fukuoka-u.ac.jp).

BACKGROUND: Few reports have described surgery for lung cancer in patients with liver cirrhosis. The objective of this study was to clarify the efficacy of surgical treatment and evaluate its postoperative outcome.

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of 17 patients between 1985 and 2005 who were found to have nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with liver cirrhosis. The grading of the severity of liver cirrhosis was made according to the Child-Pugh classification.

RESULTS: Four patients were classified as Child-Pugh class A, whereas another 13 patients were classified as Child-Pugh class B. Of these 17 patients, 11 underwent lobectomies, 3 underwent pneumonectomies, and 3 underwent wedge resections. The only patient who experienced hospital death (5.9%) was a male patient with Child-Pugh class B cirrhosis. There were five respiratory-associated postoperative complications including pneumonia, bleeding from the staple line, and prolonged air leak. The morbidity rate was 29.5%. Median duration of chest tube insertion was 6.8 days, and mean volume of pleural effusion was 1,015.0 mL at 3 days total postoperatively. A total of 9 deaths occurred during follow-up (3 from cancer, 4 from hepatic failure, 1 from cardiac causes, and 1 unknown). The overall survival was 87.8%, 57.0%, and 45.6% at 1, 3, and 5 years, respectively. None of the patients experienced morbidity or mortality in Child-Pugh class A, but class B had 30.8% morbidity and 7.6% mortality.

CONCLUSIONS: Surgical treatment may be an acceptable and valuable approach for NSCLC patients who also have low severity liver cirrhosis.

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