[Lung surgery in patients over 70 years].
The Authors according to their previous experience, report on the possibility of thoracic surgery in patients older than 70 with lung cancer. Fourty-seven patients older than 70 have been operated in the period 1984-1988 for lung cancer. The Authors performed 34 lobectomy, 11 pneumonectomy, and 4 wedge resection. The mortality rate was 4.25% (2 patients). Thirty-four patients are still living (follow-up range 12-60 months). Ten patients died. The Authors report a diagnostic and therapeutic guideline for this kind of pathology.
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Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale, Università degli Studi di Perugia.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000401:mortality*
La chirurgia polmonare nei pazienti sopra i 70 anni.