To study the occurrence of pneumothorax in lung cancer treated by computed tomography (CT)-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and its related risk factors.
Methods:
A total of 157 patients (196 lesions in total) with lung cancer confirmed by imaging and pathological examination in Henan Chest Hosp
ital from June 2016 to July 2020 were included. And 228 RFA patients were followed up according to the principle of 1
3 and 6 months after surgery
and then re-examined every 6 months to evaluate the ablation effect based on the results of chest enhanced CT. Clinical data
mortality
and treatment-related pneumothorax were recorded
followed by data analysis.
Results:
Follow-up was performed to July 2021
and 27 patients were died (23 from tumor progression and 4 from pulmonary infection). Treatment-related pneumothorax occurred in 17 cases (10.82%). Univariate analysis showed that the longest diameter of tumor (
2
=2.22
P
=0.03)
tumor location (
2
=2.85
P
=0.004)
number of puncture (
2
=2.71
P
=0.007) and ablation time (
2
=2.16
P
=0.03) were adverse risk factors for the development of treatment-related pneumothorax
while multivariate analysis showed that the location of tumor (OR=0.89
P
=0.04) and number of puncture (OR=0.76
P
=0.02) were independent risk factors for the development of treatment-related pneumothorax.
Conclusion:
CT-guided RFA for lung cancer is a safe and minimally invasive method
and reducing the number of puncture can effectively reduce the occurrence of treatment-related pneumothorax.
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