What determines the complication rate in high-risk chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: surgery or pulmonary function?

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Jan;51(1):194-195. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw236. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

Authors

Marco Chiappetta¹, Daniele Forcella², Gabriele Alessandrini², Francesco Facciolo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute-IFO, Rome, Italy marco_chiappetta@yahoo.it marcokiaps@hotmail.it.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute-IFO, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 27365078
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw236

No abstract available

Keywords: Complication; Lung cancer; Pulmonary function; VATS.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Lung*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*