Surgery

New findings from S.W. Song and co-authors describe advances in surgery

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008

"Little has been published regarding outcomes subsequent to complications after thoracic surgery. The present study investigated outcomes and risk factors associated with mortality in patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) after initial recovery from thoracic oncology surgery," scientists in South Korea report.

"From March 2001 to August 2005, 1,087 patients underwent major resection for lung or esophageal cancer. Ninety-four (8.6%) of those patients required ICU care after initial recovery, and were the subject of the present retrospective review. The patient group included 85 males (90.4%), of mean age 66 years. Patients were classified as either survivors...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-29)

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