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To determine 30-day and 60-day postoperative mortality rates, fatal complications, and preoperative risk factors following lung cancer surgery.

March 8, 2006European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Lung cancer surgery: the first 60 days.☆A population-based study

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HRHans RostadCancer Registry of Norway TSTrond‐Eirik StrandOslo University Hospital ANAnne NaalsundOslo University Hospital

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A population-based study reveals an 8% 60-day mortality rate in lung cancer surgery patients, highlighting severe risks for older adults undergoing pneumonectomy.

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To determine 30-day and 60-day postoperative mortality rates, fatal complications, and preoperative risk factors following lung cancer surgery.
Population-based observational cohort study using Cancer Registry of Norway records across 27 hospitals between 1993 and 2002.
Evaluated all patients who underwent surgical resection (N=3,224) out of 19,582 diagnosed lung cancer cases, assessing outcomes within 30 and 60 days.
Overall postoperative mortality was 5% at 30 days and 8% at 60 days, with female mortality less than half that of male mortality.
Postoperative 60-day mortality reached approximately 10% following bilobectomy and pneumonectomy, with pneumonectomy performed considerably more often in men older than 70 years than women.
Leading causes of death were pneumonia with respiratory failure and cardiac events, followed by surgical hemorrhage and bronchopleural fistula.

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Rostad et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f7fca8976531054ef75cd8 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.01.055

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A population-based study reveals an 8% 60-day mortality rate in lung cancer surgery patients, highlighting severe risks for older adults undergoing pneumonectomy.

Lung cancer surgery: the first 60 days.☆A population-based study

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Lung cancer surgery: the first 60 days.☆A population-based study

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