Analysis of the unplanned reoperation following surgical treatment of pulmonary tumor

Table 4 The clinical information of five death cases

Cases	Age (Y)	Comorbidities	Initial surgery	Pathological diagnosis	Reason for reoperation	Reoperation	Cause of death
#1	76	No	RATS RLL lobectomy	AC	RML Atelectasis	RML lobectomy	Cardiopulmonary failure
#2	79	Cerebral Infarction^†	RLL lobectomy	AC	Active bleeding in artery stump	Exploration	ARDS
#2	79	Cerebral Infarction^†	RLL lobectomy		Re-bleeding in artery stump	RML lobectomy	ARDS
#3	71	Hypertension, CHD^†	RUL lobectomy	PDC	Clotted hemothorax due to pleural bleeding	Exploration	Severe pneumonia
#4	76	Hypertension, CHD^†	VATS LLL lobectomy	SCC	Clotted hemothorax without Definite bleeding site	Exploration	Cardiopulmonary failure
#5	49	DM	LUL lobectomy plus the second costatectomy	AC	clotted hemothorax without Definite bleeding site	Exploration	ARDS

^†Treatment with platelet aggregation inhibitor, replaced with low molecular weight heparin one week before surgery
DM diabetes mellitus; CHD coronary heart disease; AC Adenocarcinoma; PDC poorly differentiated carcinoma; SCC Squamous cell carcinoma

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