Optimal period of smoking cessation to reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in lung cancer

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery..

OBJECTIVES: Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) provoke an extended hospital stay and increased postoperative mortality. Although several factors can cause PPCs, smoking is the only factor that can be adjusted within a short period of time preoperatively. However, the optimal period of smoking cessation to reduce the risk of PPCs remains unclear.

METHODS: A total of 1260 patients with primary lung cancer who underwent radical pulmonary resection between January 2010 and December 2021 were analysed retrospectively.

RESULTS: We classified patients into 2 groups: non-smokers (patients who had never smoked) and smokers (patients who had ever smoked). The frequency of PPCs was 3.3% in non-smokers and 9.7% in smokers. PPCs were significantly less frequent in non-smokers than in smokers (P < 0.001). When smokers were classified according to the duration of smoking cessation, the frequency of PPCs was significantly lower for a duration of 6 weeks or more than for <6 weeks (P < 0.001). In a propensity score analysis performed for 6 or >6 and <6 weeks' smoking cessation in smokers, the frequency of PPCs was significantly lower for smokers with 6 or more weeks' smoking cessation than for smokers with <6 weeks' smoking cessation (P = 0.002). A multivariable analysis identified <6 weeks' smoking cessation as a significant predictor of PPCs for smokers (odds ratio: 4.55, P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Smoking cessation for 6 or more weeks preoperatively significantly reduced the frequency of PPCs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery - 36(2023), 6 vom: 01. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shigeeda, Wataru [VerfasserIn]
Deguchi, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Tomoyasu, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Kaneko, Yuka [VerfasserIn]
Yoshimura, Ryuichi [VerfasserIn]
Iwai, Hidenobu [VerfasserIn]
Kanno, Hironaga [VerfasserIn]
Kudo, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Fumiaki [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Hajime [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Lung cancer
Postoperative pulmonary complications
Pulmonary resection
Smoking cessation

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Date Revised 19.06.2023

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/icvts/ivad094

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357966058