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Mark K. Ferguson (ed.)Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based ApproachDifficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery3rd ed. 2014An Evidence-Based Approach10.1007/978-1-4471-6404-3_18 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 18. Surveillance After Resection of Stage I Non Small Cell Lung Cancer…

Reference Study design and period Population Definition persistent air leak Air leak treatment intervention Duration tube with PAL and intervention Complications reported Quality evidence rank Brunelli et al. [1] Retrospective…

Fig. 16.1 Mean differential pressure trending in the first hours after pulmonary lobectomy. Left: patients experiencing prolonged air leak (more than 5 days) through chest tube. Right: patients without the…

Study N Treatment Results Median F/U Quality of evidence Ginsberg et al. [1] Stage I = 247 (tumors ≤3 cm) Lobectomy = 125vs LR = 6.5 % lobe NR High…

Mark K. Ferguson (ed.)Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based ApproachDifficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery3rd ed. 2014An Evidence-Based Approach10.1007/978-1-4471-6404-3_14 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 14. Pneumonectomy After Induction Therapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Benjamin E. Haithcock1   and…

Author Year # Resected (%) % Pneum Ch/Ch-R # pN2 (%) + Median f/u ++ Median surv 5 years surv Quality Albain et al. [2] 1995 57 (76) 33 Ch-R…

  OR time (mins) Rate of conversion (%) EBL (mL) Complications (%) Median LOS (days) # of lymph nodes dissected Lymph node stations biopsied Initial VATS (n = 40) 257 ± 57 7.5 374 ± 374…

Author, year Quality Surgery time (h) Blood loss (ml) Chest tube duration (days) Length of stay (days) Perioperative mortality (%) Overall complication rates (%) Air leak (%) Pneumonia (%) Arrhythmia…

   AF NO AF Author (year) N Incidence of AF (%) Age LOS Morbidity (%) Mortality (%) Age LOS Morbidity (%) Mortality (%) Study type (quality of evidence) Roselli et…