Explore the Optimal Surgical Timing for Lung Surgery and Mediastinal Surgery After COVID-19 Infection

A Prospective Observational Study to Explore the Optimal Surgical Timing for Lung Surgery and Mediastinal Surgery After COVID-19 Infection

Exploring the optimal interval time in patients with the clinical diagnosis of lung cancer or mediastinal tumors indicated for thoracic surgeries after SARS-CoV-2 infection by comparing 30-day mortality and 30-day morbidity.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The patient has fully understood the nature of this study and voluntarily agreed to participate by signing an informed consent form.
2. Participants of any gender between the ages of 18 and 85 are eligible.
3. Preoperative imaging evaluation +/- biopsies indicates that the patient has resectable lung cancer or mediastinal tumors without distant metastasis.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who have previously undergone lung surgery;
2. Patients previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 more than 6 months before thoracic surgery;
3. Patients who did not receive Chest computed tomography (CT) at admission or within 7 days before surgery, or whose Chest CT at admission suggests pneumonia or current infection with SARS-CoV-2 (confirmed by routine laboratory tests as positive nucleic acid in admission or on the day of surgery);
4. The elapsed time from SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis to surgery is within 4 weeks;
5. Local unresectable lesions or distant metastases are found intraoperatively.