Operative mortality of patients with stage I–III non-small cell lung cancer
| Mortality (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonectomy | Morbidity | |||||||
| Reference | Overall mortality (%) | <60 | >70 | Bilobectomy | Lobectomy | Lesser resection†† | <70 | >70 |
| *Patients >80 years; †predominantly stage II and III patients; ‡age <65 and >65 years, respectively; †† includes wedge resection, segmentectomy; results not significant unless**. | ||||||||
| R=right; L=left. | ||||||||
| 34 | – | 6.5 | 13.7 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | – | – | 12.5 | – | – | – | 25 | 34 |
| 39 | 7.4 | – | 8 | 11.8 | 7.6 | 0 | – | – |
| 40 | 3.1 | – | 9.1** | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46† | 21 | – | R=37, L=6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 73* | 3.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | |
| 148 | 7.2 | – | 10 | – | 6.6 | – | – | – |
| 149† | – | 16.2 ‡ | 27.5 ‡ | – | – | – | 26.3 ‡ | 34.1 ‡ |
| 150 | Age 50–69: 4.4 | Age 50–69: 6.2 | – | Age 50–69: 1.9 | – | – | – | |
| Age >70: 6.9 | Age >70: 9.1 | Age >70: 4.7 | ||||||