Table 4 Relationship between patient characteristics or operative factors and postoperative atelectasis or pneumonia
Atelectasis or pneumonia | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Present | Absent | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 37 (6%) | 548 (94%) | 0.01 |
Female | 10 (3%) | 361 (97%) | |
Age | |||
< 75 years | 31 (4%) | 668 (96%) | 0.25 |
≥ 75 years | 16 (6%) | 241 (94%) | |
Smoking history | |||
Present | 39 (6%) | 556 (94%) | < 0.01 |
Absent | 8 (2%) | 353 (98%) | |
Coexistence of ILD | |||
Present | 2 (9%) | 20 (91%) | 0.35 |
Absent | 45 (5%) | 889 (95%) | |
Coexistence of diabetes mellitus | |||
Present | 6 (4%) | 130 (96%) | 0.76 |
Absent | 41 (5%) | 779 (95%) | |
Coexistence of malignancy | |||
Present | 8 (5%) | 153 (95%) | 0.97 |
Absent | 39 (5%) | 756 (95%) | |
Coexistence of asthma | |||
Present | 7 (25%) | 21 (75%) | < 0.01 |
Absent | 40 (4%) | 888 (96%) | |
FEV1% | |||
< 70% | 23 (7%) | 310 (93%) | 0.03 |
≥ 70% | 24 (4%) | 599 (96%) | |
Coexistence of arrhythmia or angina pectoris | |||
Present | 8 (8%) | 90 (92%) | 0.11 |
Absent | 39 (5%) | 819 (95%) | |
Lobe | |||
RU | 18 (6%) | 271 (94%) | 0.23 |
RM | 2 (3%) | 56 (97%) | |
RL | 10 (4%) | 221 (96%) | |
LU | 14 (6%) | 206 (94%) | |
LL | 3 (2%) | 155 (98%) | |
Operative approach | |||
C-VATS + RATS | 12 (4%) | 329 (96%) | 0.13 |
H-VATS + Open | 35 (6%) | 580 (94%) | |
Operative procedure | |||
Lobectomy or more | 38 (5%) | 671 (95%) | 0.28 |
Sublobar resection | 9 (4%) | 238 (96%) | |