Miniresection of small peripheral carcinomas of the lung.
A total of 499 miniresective procedures were done for lung carcinoma over a 29-year period to July 1986. The operations were carried out in three groups: patients in whom a previous resection had been done, patients with stage III carcinoma, and those with stage I or II disease. Overall, perioperative mortality was 2.4 per cent. Cumulative survival in 296 patients with stage I or II carcinoma was 52 per cent at 5 years, 31 per cent at 10 years, and 11 per cent at 15 years.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis