Relationship between the severity of emphysematous change in the lung and morbidity after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: A retrospective study on a novel strategy for risk prediction

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence increases post‐esophagectomy morbidity. However, the association between COPD severity and post‐esophagectomy morbidity remains unclear because of the lack of an objective method to classify COPD severity. Low attenuation vo...

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Main Authors: Tomo Horinouchi, Naoya Yoshida, Shinya Shiraishi, Yoshihiro Hara, Chihiro Matsumoto, Tasuku Toihata, Keisuke Kosumi, Kazuto Harada, Kojiro Eto, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Sawayama, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yoshifumi Baba, Yuji Miyamoto, Hideo Baba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:Thoracic Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.15146