Optimum timing of lung resection surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection for non-small cell lung cancer

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BACKGROUND: The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on postoperative recovery of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is need to be understood, thereby informing the optimal timing of surgical decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic for NSCLC patients. This study reports the postoperative outcomes of surgical NSCLC patients with preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection.

METHOD: This single-center retrospective cohort study included 241 NSCLC patients who underwent lobectomy or sub-lobectomy between December 1, 2022 and February 14, 2023. Surgical outcomes of patients with preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection (stratified by the time from diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection to surgery) were compared with those without preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection. The primary outcomes were total postoperative complications and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), the secondary outcomes included operation time, total postoperative drainage and time, length of hospital stay (LOS), 30-day and 90-day postoperative symptoms.

RESULTS: This study included 153 (63.5%) patients with preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection and 88 (36.5%) patients without previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. In patients with a preoperative SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, the incidence of total postoperative complications (OR, 3.00; 95% CI, 1.12-8.01; p = 0.028) and PPCs (OR, 4.20; 95% CI, 1.11-15.91; p = 0.035) both increased in patients infected having surgery within 2 weeks compared with non-infection before surgery. However, patients who underwent lung resection more than 2 weeks after SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis had a similar risk of postoperative complications and surgical outcomes with those non-infection before surgery.

CONCLUSION: This is the first study to provide evidence regarding the optimum timing of lung resection surgery and assessing early outcomes after surgery in NSCLC patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our study documents that the SARS-CoV-2 infection did not complicate surgical procedures for lung cancer, and suggest that lung surgery should be postponed at least 2 weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection for NSCLC patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Cancer medicine - (2024) vom: 02. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Yanbo [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Lingli [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yunke [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Zhu [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Congjia [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Conglin [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Journal Article
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Optimum timing
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Surgical outcome

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Date Revised 26.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1002/cam4.6891

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366597868