Open AccessFat-free mass index is superior to body mass index as a novel risk factor for prolonged air leak complicating video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
Shuangjiang Li,
Zhiqiang Wang,
Wenbiao Zhang,
Yong-Jiang Li,
Shan Cheng,
Guowei Che,
Lunxu Liu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.92
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , body mass index , mass index , vats lobectomy , lung cancer , incidence (geometry) , surgery , pneumonectomy , physics , optics
To evaluate whether fat-free mass index (FFMI) could be predictive of prolonged air leak (PAL) complicating video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).