[Possibilities of surgical treatment of lung cancer in patients over 70].
110 lung cancer patients over 70 were examined. 56 patients mainly with peripheral cancer of stage II-III have been operated upon in satisfactory functioning of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The operability was 50.9%, respectability--91%. Partial pneumonectomies were performed in 80.3%, these comprised both lobectomy and segmental or wedge resections. The postoperative complications were noted in 37.5%, mainly as arrhythmia, atelectasis, pneumonia. The postoperative mortality was 7.1%.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality
Vozmozhnosti khirurgicheskogo lecheniia bol'nykh rakom legokogo starshe 70 let.