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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
We present a series of 90 patients who underwent sleeve lobectomy for malignant bronchial tumors at the Brompton Hospital, London, between 1964 and 1974. The operative mortality was low (1%), and technical complications were infrequent. Bronchial stenosis, which occurred in 6% of patients, was due to recurrence of tumor in 4% and cicatrization in 2%. The majority of patients had squamous cell carcinomas of the upper lobe (76/90). In this group, the 5-year survival was 71% when the hilar lymph nodes were clear of tumor at the time of operation and 17% when the hilar lymph nodes were involved. Because these 5-year survival figures suggest that tumor-free survival is not significantly compromised by this conservative approach, we believe that sleeve lobectomy rather than pneumonectomy should be considered the operation of choice for squamous cell carcinomas of the upper lobe orifice involving the main bronchus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
442-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Sleeve lobectomy (lobectomy and bronchoplasty) for bronchial carcinoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article