Our study found a higher complication rate (38%) with right-sided surgery than left (29%), which is only weakly significant (p = 0.08). 6) Analgesic technique Our study found that thoracic epidural was the most popular analgesic technique (61.1%) followed by paravertebral block (31%).
3) Lung function The British Thoracic Society recommend that if the FEV 1 is more than 2 litres, in the absence of interstitial lung disease or unexpected shortness of breath, further respiratory function tests are not required to assess suitability for pneumonectomy.[ 16 ] Our study found that the FEV 1 had a marginally significant association with major complications in univariate but not multivariate analysis.