Analysis of Prolonged Hospitalizations (Longer than 7 days): 115 Lung Cancer 
Patients after Video Assistant Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

• Published in: Zhongguo fei ai za zhi 2018-03, Vol.21 (3), p.223-229
• Main Authors: Dai, Liang, Kang, Xiaozheng, Yan, Wanpu, Yang, Yongbo, Zhao, Peiliang, Fu, Hao, Zhou, Haitao, Liang, Zhen, Xiong, Hongchao, Lin, Yao, Chen, Keneng
• Format: Article
• Language: Chinese
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Complications; Female; Fistula; Hospitalization; Humans; Length of Stay; Lung cancer; Lung neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms - complications; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Lung Neoplasms - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Ostomy; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Period; Prospective Studies; Surgeons; Surgery; Surgical outcomes; Thoracic surgery; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; Video assisted thoracic surgery
• ISSN: 1009-3419; 1999-6187; 1999-6187
• DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2018.03.23

Thoracoscopic surgery has gradually become the major procedure for lung cancer surgery in our department. Its characteristics are minimal trauma and quick recovery, which make approximately 90% of patients discharge from the hospital after surgery. However, the postoperative complications still happen now and then. We analyzed the patients who had been hospitalized for longer than 7 days after thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery, aiming to summarize the types and risk factors of complications, and improve postoperative safety of patients. The data were come from the prospective database of Thoracic Surgery Unit One in Peking Cancer Hospital, and patients that underwent thoracoscopic pulmonary surgery between Jan. 2010 and Dec. 2014 with length of stay more than 7 days were included in the study. The classifications of the complications were investigated and graded as mild or severe complications according to modified Claviengrading, the relationship between clinical factors and degrees of complications was also