Pulmonary hypertension and respiratory function in parenchyma sparing surgical treatment of lung cancer

Abstract

Aim. To assess the effect of pulmonary hypertension on respiratory function in lung cancer surgery. Methods. 92 patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, among them 69 men (75 %) and 23 women (25 %), were operated on with different variants of angioplastic lobectomy (APL), the average age was 57.8 ± 6.7 years. 91 patients underwent pulmonectomy (PE), among them 87 men (95.6 %) and 4 women (4.4 %), the average age was 59 ± 8.8 years. Results. One year after angioplastic lobectomy FEV1 decreased by 0.69 liters (27 %), vital capacity decreased by 1.17 liters (32.9 %), FVC (the difference between the volumes of lungs at the beginning and at the end of forced expiration) reduced by 0.64 liters (20.5 %). After removal of the lung, dynamics of the decrease of similar indicators was 1.02 (42 %); 1.53 (43.8 %); 1.24 (40.3 %) liter respectively. The presence of a negative relationship between PA/A (pulmonary artery/aorta) and FEV1 was revealed. Thus, in the group of angioplastic lobectomy without initial pulmonary hypertension (PA/A less than 1) it was found that r = -0.42 (p < 0.01), with pulmonary hypertension (PA/A 1 or more) r = -0.4 (p < 0.01). In the group of pulmonectomy without initial pulmonary hypertension, the correlation index was -0.38 (p < 0.01), with initial pulmonary hypertension r = -0.33 (p < 0.01). Conclusion. The analysis of the functional parameters of pulmonary system after the surgery revealed statistically significant advantage of organ-saving treatment, as well as negative correlation between pulmonary hypertension and respiratory function.