title: [The complications of pulmonary resection surgery: the experience of 200 consecutive cases].
abstract: Postoperative complications observed in 200 patients after pulmonary resection (66 pneumonectomies--30%, 106 lobectomies--53% and 28 wedge resections--17%) are presented. Surgical operations were carried out in 86% of cases for cancer, in 16% for benign lesions. Major complications were: lobar atelectasis, bronchopneumonia, pulmonary embolism, respiratory insufficiency, bronchial fistula, ventricular tachyarrhythmia, altogether they concerned 21% of the cases. Their incidence was not significantly influenced by the extension of resection (the latter, on the contrary, influenced postoperative mortality as much as 4.5% after pneumonectomy, 2.8% after lobectomy and 0% after wedge resection), age of patients under or over 70 years, functional respiratory reserve, or associated cardiovascular diseases. On the contrary, the advanced stage of disease in neoplastic patients was significant for major complications. An adequate monitoring of minor respiratory and cardiac complications is recommended to reduce the incidence of major ones and their control when present. In authors' experience, in fact, postoperative mortality was overall 3% following such behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Anatomia Chirurgica e Corso di Operazioni, Università degli Studi di Brescia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pouchè
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galvani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Canini
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Tiberio
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tambussi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tiberio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Le complicanze della chirurgia resettiva polmonare: esperienza su 200 casi consecutivi.