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Table 2 Early and late morbidity and mortality

From: Resection of thoracic malignancies infiltrating cardiac structures with use of cardiopulmonary bypass

Patient No.

Early complications/therapy

Late complications/therapy

Cause of death

1

in-hospital death

 

MOF

2

superficial WHD

R-CHOEP chemo, Rx

 

3

IABP, ECMO, bleeding, in-hospital death

 

MOF

4

 

lung metastasis, chemo

Pulmonary failure

5

right PLE

chemo

 

6

haematothorax ➔ VATS

Rx not possible, palliative chemo declined by patient

cardio-pulmonary failure

7

PD, PLE

Rx

unclear

8

 

CNS metastasis, hypothyreoidism under chemo, radiotherapy

 

9

 

early recurrent tumor in LA, palliative re-operation with tumor mass reduction

cardiac failure

10

 

adjuvant chemo – stop due toxicity, diagnostic partial pulmonary resections, CNS metastasis with bleeding, palliative radiotherapy

CNS death

11

in-hospital death

 

intraoperative right heart failure

12

intraoperative endograft implantation for Aortic descendens rupture

N. recurrens paresis

 

13

 

chemo, Rx

 

14

 

lung metastasis 2 month after discharge

tumor

15

   
  1. MOF multi organ failure, WHD wound healing disorder, IABP intra-aortic balloon pump, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, PLE pleura effusion, VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery, PD postoperative delirium, CNS central nervous system