title: Bronchogenic carcinoma and postoperative empyema: is survival really enhanced?
abstract: From 1959 to 1974, 542 patients underwent curative resection for bronchogenic carcinoma. Postoperative empyema occurred in 17 of these patients. The overall 5-year survival of these 17 patients was only 18%, compared with 27% in the 525 patients without empyema. We were unable to demonstrate by our study or by a review of the literature that postoperative empyema favorably influences survival in patients who have had pulmonary resection for bronchogenic carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications