A preliminary study identifies early postoperative lung volume changes in patients with non‑small cell lung cancer following video‑assisted thoracic surgery using CT volumetry

• DOI: 10.3892/mco.2021.2286
• Publication Date: 2021-04-22T11:31:54Z
• Authors: Xiaojun Du; Haojun Li; Langbo Liu; Min Zhang; Zhongben Tang; Jian Zhang; Peng Lin; Hong Xie; Cheng Chen
• Keywords: Cardiothoracic surgery; Lung cancer surgery

The present study aimed to investigate the changes in early postoperative lung volume patients with non‑small cell cancer (NSCLC) following video‑assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and analyze effects of clinical characteristics on patients. Therefore, 38 NSCLC, who planned undergo VATS at Department Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital Guizhou Medical University June 2019, were enrolled into study. computed tomography (CT) scan data from was prospectively collected within 1 week preoperatively, 1, 3 6 months surgery, then subsequently analyzed. A total 34 successfully completed follow‑up included datasets. results showed that right larger compared left one, each observational time point. whole, held same trendline changes, which sharply decreased during first month, increased quickly over next months, slowly 6. There 7 patients, whose whole preoperatively. In addition, significant differences observed between males females volume. However, net expansion not among sex, age, body mass index (BMI), smoking status surgical side subgroups. linear, since significantly reduced Sex, BMI, sides found affect lobectomy.