Sleeve pneumonectomy.
Occasional tumors arising in the upper lobes or in the origin of either main bronchus are localized sufficiently to permit curative resection by sleeve pneumonectomy. Operative mortality is significant, but it can be lowered by careful attention to surgical and anesthetic techniques.
Deslauriers
J
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Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
Jacques
L F
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D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D015996:Survival Rate