Secondary outcomes
postoperative pulmonary complications
LUNG
Within 7 days postoperatively, PPCs, categorised according to the Clavien–Dindo classification were observed in 20 of the 84 patients (23.8%) in the inhalation group and 23 of the 83 (27.7%) patients in the intravenous group (
Incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) within 7 days. The incidence of PPCs was 23.8% among patients in the inhalation group compared with 27.7% in the intravenous group within 7 days postoperatively (According to generalised estimating equations, the comparison of lung compliance between the two groups was not significantly different in the intergroup comparison (
Lung compliance. According to generalised estimating equations, lung compliance between the two groups did not differ significantly in the intergroup comparison (