title: Segmental resection for bronchogenic carcinoma: a surgical alternative for the compromised patient.
abstract: Over a twenty-year period, 44 patients with peripheral bronchogenic carcinoma who were unable to tolerate major pulmonary resection underwent segmentectomy as an alternative to nonoperative management. There were 2 immediate postoperative deaths. Of 31 patients eligible, 36% survived five years, and the mean survival time approached four years. Excluding those patients with undifferentiated small cell carcinoma, segmental resection in this compromised group offered a good chance for cure while providing reasonable palliation, and this procedure should be considered as a surgical option to other modalities of treatment commonly offered to these individuals.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality