General thoracic surgery
Thoracoscore predicts midterm mortality in patients undergoing thoracic surgery

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Objective

Thoracoscore is the first multivariate model for the prediction of in-hospital mortality after general thoracic surgery. We aimed to evaluate the performance of Thoracoscore in predicting in-hospital and midterm all-cause mortality.

Methods

We retrospectively evaluated 1675 patients who underwent thoracic surgery (lung resections [n = 626], mediastinum [n = 535], pleura and pericardium [n = 268], esophagus [n = 88], chest wall [n = 90], trachea [n = 45], and other procedures [n = 23]) from October 2002 to March 2006 at a single institution. Midterm survival data (mean follow-up 25 ± 16 months) were obtained from the National Death Index. Kaplan–Meier survival plots of the quartiles of Thoracoscore were constructed and compared with the log–rank test with adjustment for trend.

Results

Starting from the lower-risk to the higher-risk quartile, the in-hospital mortality rates were 0% (0/418), 1% (4/415), 2.5% (11/435), and 9.6% (54/407). Thoracoscore was a strong independent predictor for in-hospital mortality (odds ratio 1.20, 95% confidence intervals 1.15-.25; P < .001). The 2-year survivals of the Thoracoscore quartiles were 98.7% ± 0.6%, 87.0% ± 1.8%, 73.8% ± 2.3%, and 54.8% ± 2.7%, respectively (P < .0001). Thoracoscore was a strong independent predictor for midterm mortality (hazard ratio 1.12, 95% confidence intervals 1.11-1.14; P < .001).

Conclusion

Thoracoscore is a good and useful clinical tool for preoperative prediction of in-hospital and midterm mortality among patients undergoing general thoracic surgery.

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Drs Chamogeorgakis and Toumpoulis (left to right)