Early Surgical Results After Pneumonectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer are not Affected by Preoperative Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy

Pneumonectomy is a safe procedure with low operative mortality. Postoperative morbidity is significant, especially bronchopleural fistulas after right-sided pneumonectomy (11%). However, neither operative mortality nor morbidity appears to be directly associated with preoperative radiotherapy or chemotherapy.