Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics.
Table 2.
Preoperative chest CT findings in the operated thorax.
Table 3.
The results of logistic regression analyses to evaluate the association between the image characteristics on chest CT and severe pleural adhesion in lung cancer patients.
Fig 1.
A 78-year-old men with squamous cell carcinoma in the left upper lobe.
(A-D) Non-contrast-enhanced chest CT images demonstrate multiple calcified nodules in the left lung (arrows). (C) CT image demonstrates a nodule (arrowhead) in the left upper lobe. He underwent left upper lobectomy and systemic nodal dissection via thoracotomy. During the operation, there was severe pleural adhesion requiring seven hours for adhesiolysis.
Fig 2.
A 61-year-old men with squamous cell carcinoma in the right lower lobe.
(A) Axial CT image with lung window setting demonstrates a 2.5-cm nodule in the right lower lobe (arrow). Reticular opacities in the base of both lower lobes were noted, suggesting interstitial pneumonitis (B) CT image at the level of carina demonstrates multiple round low attenuating areas in both lungs (arrow), suggesting emphysema. He underwent right lower lobectomy and systemic nodal dissection via video assisted thoracoscopic surgery. During the operation, there was severe pleural adhesion requiring nine hours for adhesiolysis.