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Table 3 Complications associated with possible risk factors

From: A retrospective study: platinum-based induction chemotherapy combined with gemcitabine or paclitaxel for stage IIB-IIIA central non-small-cell lung cancer

Variables

Complications

Atelectasis

Arrhythmias

Bronchopleural fistula

Laterality

   

 right side

9

5

3

 Left side

13

6

0

P-value

0.859

0.831

0.073

Induction regimen

   

 gemcitabine

11

5

1

 paclitaxel

10

4

2

P-value

0.431

0.731

0.557

Type of resection

   

 pneumonectomy

NEa

3

1

 lobectomy

NE

6

2

P-value

NE

0.387

0.513

  1. NEa: not evaluable as ipsilateral atelectasis could not occur.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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