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The Effect of Prone Positioning as Postoperative Physiotherapy to Prevent Atelectasis After Hepatectomy

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Background

The incidences of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) such as atelectasis, pneumonia and pleural effusion after major surgery range from <1 to 23%. Atelectasis after abdominal surgery increases the duration of hospitalization and short-term mortality rate, but there are few reports about atelectasis after hepatectomy. The effectiveness of prone position drainage as physiotherapy has been reported, but it remains unclarified whether prone positioning prevents atelectasis after hepatectomy. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the prone position on the incidence of atelectasis after hepatectomy.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the incidence of PPCs after hepatectomy at a single center. Patients were divided into two cohorts. The earlier cohort (n = 165) underwent hepatectomy between January 2016 and March 2018 and was analyzed to identify the risk factors for atelectasis and short-term outcomes; the later cohort (n = 51) underwent hepatectomy between April 2018 and March 2019 and underwent prone position drainage in addition to regular mobilization postoperatively. The incidences of PPCs were compared between the two cohorts.

Results

Independent risk factors for atelectasis were anesthetic duration (P = 0.016), operation time (P = 0.046) and open surgery (P = 0.011). The incidence of atelectasis was significantly lower in the later cohort (9.8%) than the earlier cohort (34.5%, P < 0.001). Moreover, the later cohort had a significantly shorter duration of oxygen support (P < 0.001) and postoperative hospitalization (P < 0.001). After propensity score-matching, the incidence of atelectasis remained significantly lower in the later cohort (P = 0.027).

Conclusion

Prone position drainage may decrease the incidence of atelectasis after hepatectomy and improve the short-term outcomes.

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We thank Kelly Zammit, BVSc, from Edanz Group (https://en-author-services.edanzgroup.com/) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Iizuka Hospital, 3-83 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8505, Japan

    Katsuya Toshida, Ryosuke Minagawa, Hiroto Kayashima, Tadashi Koga & Kiyoshi Kajiyama

  2. Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Shohei Yoshiya, Tomoharu Yoshizumi & Masaki Mori

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Toshida, K., Minagawa, R., Kayashima, H. et al. The Effect of Prone Positioning as Postoperative Physiotherapy to Prevent Atelectasis After Hepatectomy. World J Surg 44, 3893–3900 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05682-0

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