Video-assisted thoracic surgical resection of malignant lung tumors
| Autor: | Robert J. Caccavale, Glenn E. Sisler, Ralph J. Lewis, James W. Mackenzie |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Thorax medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Respiratory disease medicine.disease Aortopulmonary window Metastatic carcinoma Surgery Cardiothoracic surgery Biopsy medicine Carcinoma Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Wedge resection (lung) |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 104:1679-1687 |
| ISSN: | 0022-5223 |
| Popis: | Forty patients with malignant pulmonary disease underwent evaluation, staging, and a biopsy or resection by means of video-assisted thoracic surgery. There were 20 men and 20 women whose ages ranged from 27 to 82 years. Eight patients had a wedge resection for metastatic carcinoma, three a lobectomy for primary carcinoma, six exploration of the thorax, five biopsy of the aortopulmonary window, and eighteen a sublobar resection for primary carcinoma of the lung. There was no mortality. Three patients had air leaks that lasted an average of 8 days. Video-assisted thoracic surgery seems to be useful for more precise staging of carcinoma of the lung, and, in some patients, resectional operations can be performed. |
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