Clinical analysis of acute lung injury after esophagectomy

Objective: Acute lung injury (ALI) is one of the most severe postoperative complications after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer patients. In order to clarify the mechanism of ALI, we, therefore, studied the operative course of a group of patients who underwent elective esophagectomy. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 75 patients underwent an esophagectomy and reconstruction for thoracic esophageal cancer. Results: No...