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Table 2 Perioperative course of patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis after thoracic surgery

From: Perioperative management of thoracic surgery in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis

No.

Age

AML

FEV1 (L)

PaO2 (mmHg)

PF ratio

Surgical indication

Procedure

Sealant

X-ray findings (contralateral)

Complications

Hospitalization (days)

(FiO2)

Before surgery/5POD

CPA dull

Permeability decay

1

36

1.94

70.3 (0.21)

334.8/296.7

Aspergilloma

Lobectomy

Oxidized cellulose, fibrin adhesive

 + 

 + 

Hypoxemia, Aira, Chylob

95

2

38

 

98.5 (0.21)

469.0/–

Pneumothorax

WWR

fibrin adhesive

 

23

3

39

 

86.6 (0.21)

412.4/375.0

Pneumothorax

Suturing

PGA sheet,

fibrin adhesive

 + 

 

15

4

27

2.64

97.3 (0.32)

304.1/500.6

Pneumothorax

WWR

PGA sheet, fibrin adhesive

 + 

Aira, Chylob

25

5

38

2.84

65.7 (0.21)

312.9/144.7

Biopsy

WWR

PGA sheet

 + 

 + 

Hypoxemia

34

6

41

1.97

88.5 (0.21)

421.4/446.6

Biopsy

WWR

 + 

 + 

 

6

7

49

2.07

69.1 (0.21)

329.0/326.7

Biopsy

WWR

 + 

 + 

 

8

8

33

 + 

2.24

85.6 (0.21)

407.6/–

Biopsy

WWR

 + 

 

3

9

31

 

79.9 (0.32)

249.7/244.1

Empyema

Fenestration

 + 

 + 

Hypoxemia

71

10

58

 + 

1.86

98.2 (0.21)

467.6/353.3

Lung cancer

Segmentectomy

PGA sheet, fibrin adhesive

 + 

 + 

 

6

11

63

1.90

76.5 (0.21)

364.3/285

Lung cancer

Bilobectomy

 + 

 + 

Hypoxemia, Aira

18

12

42

 

70.0 (0.21)

333.3/248.6

Lung tumor

WWR

PGA sheet, fibrin adhesive

 + 

 + 

Hypoxemia

22

  1. Aira, prolonged air leakage, AML angiomyolipoma, Chylob chylothorax, CPA costphrenic angle, FiO2 fraction of inspiratory oxygen, PF ratio the ratio of arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2 in mmHg) to fractional inspired oxygen (FiO2) expressed as a fraction, PGA sheet polyglycolic acid sheet, WWR, wide wedge resection