Sleeve lobectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma: the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center experience.
One hundred and fifteen various types of sleeve lobectomy procedures were performed from 1961 to June 1985 with a perioperative mortality of 1.7%. Six of the eight patients who required completion procedures were considered as technical failures, a failure rate of 5%. Cumulative survival is 33% at five years and 22% at ten years.
D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation