Pulmonary Complications following Cytoreductive Surgery and Perioperative Chemotherapy in 147 Consecutive Patients

Table 4

Analysis of pulmonary adverse events (pleural effusion, respiratory distress, and pneumonia) by presence versus absence of subdiaphragmatic peritonectomy. P value based on Fisher’s exact test.

		No pulmonary complication (N = 133)	Pulmonary complication occurred (N = 14)	Total	P value
RUQ + LUQ	No	69 (92%)	6 (8%)	75	0.5826
	Yes	64 (89%)	8 (11%)	72
RUQ	No	35 (92%)	3 (8%)	38	1.0000
	Yes	98 (90%)	11 (10%)	109

LUQ: left upper quadrant, RUQ: right upper quadrant.