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Impact of Adverse Events and Length of Stay on Patient Experience After Lung Cancer Resection
2017, Annals of Thoracic SurgeryCitation Excerpt :Finally, patients with PLOS had a significantly decreased experience concerning their satisfaction with the outcome from their operation 1 year after operation during follow-up care (p = 0.022) (Table 5). Patient-reported outcomes are becoming increasingly recognized as important measures of quality of care [2, 4, 5]. It is currently understood that decision making between surgeons and patients should be shared through an exchange of information [17–19].
Palliative Care in Lung Cancer
2011, Surgical Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :Preoperative QOL has been found to predict postoperative QOL, with continued declines in physical, social, and psychological states and slower recovery.12,13 Factors that provoke the most fear in patients with resectable NSCLC are not surgical risks of perioperative morbidity or mortality, but the physical and mental handicaps that hinder recovery postoperatively.14,15 Common disease and treatment-related symptoms include dyspnea, cough, fatigue, pain, lack of appetite, and insomnia.16
Risk assessment for pulmonary resection
2010, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryCitation Excerpt :Recent evidence has brought into question the pivotal role of FEV1 and its derivate, ppoFEV1, for surgical selection. Perhaps, as suggested by some,26 the sunset of the ppoFEV1 era has come. Widely used functional algorithms27,28 use this parameter to prescribe other tests or even to exclude patients from operation right away.
Quality of life after lung cancer surgery: A prospective pilot study comparing bronchial sleeve lobectomy with pneumonectomy
2008, Journal of Thoracic OncologyQuality of life evolution after lung cancer surgery: A prospective study in 100 patients
2007, Lung CancerCitation Excerpt :The last few decades, there has been increased recognition of the need to complement surgical treatment with an assessment of QoL, in addition to the impact of treatment, survival and side effects. Collection of post-operative QoL data has been advocated in follow-up of patients with cancer [2] and most published studies encourage the assessment of QoL in evaluating treatment outcomes [3,4]. In clinical lung cancer trials, several instruments have been validated, including the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ) [5].
What happens to patients undergoing lung cancer surgery? Outcomes and quality of life before and after surgery
2002, ChestCitation Excerpt :The unspoken leap of logic in such literature is that decreased cardiopulmonary capacity translates into decreased functional capacity and, presumably, quality of life for the patient. Patient function and quality of life are outcomes that have been examined in “functional surgery” of the chest, such as lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery.1021 However, very little data exist regarding a patient's ability to function or the quality of life after resection of lung cancer, a procedure more frequently performed by orders of magnitude than either lung transplantation or lung volume reduction surgery.