Patient risk factors for conversion during video-assisted thoracic surgery-the Epithor conversion score.

Alex FourdrainOlivier GeorgesDominique GossotPierre-Emmanuel FalcozJacques JougonJean-Marc BasteCharles-Henri Marty-AnePascal Berna

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)

Thirteen potential preoperative risk factors were identified, enabling us to develop and validate the ECS-an easy-to-use, reproducible tool for estimating the risk of intraoperative conversion during VATS.

Keyphrases

thoracic surgery
risk factors
patients undergoing
case report