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The risk of bilobectomy compared with lobectomy:

Friday, June 20, 2014

Submitted by

Joel Dunning

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/1/72.abstract

Author(s)

María Teresa Gómez, Marcelo Fernando Jiménez, José Luis Aranda, María Rodríguez, Nuria María Novoa and Gonzalo Varela

Bilobectomy and right lobectomy were compared in a retrospective case-control study with 117 matched pairs. Space-mismatch related complications were not more frequent following bilobectomy, however, the rate of cardiovascular events was higher after lower and middle lobectomy compared with lower lobectomy.