title: [Surgical resection of primary lung cancer. A 13-year experience in Geneva].
abstract: This retrospective study concerns 683 consecutive patients operated for primary non-small cell lung cancer between 1977 and 1989 (581 men and 102 women with a mean age of 60.3 years). Histology was as follows: squamous in 422 (62%), adenocarcinoma in 207 (30%), broncho-alveolar in 24 (4%) and large-cell in 30 (4%). According to the TNM classification, 304 tumors were graded as stage I (45%), 130 as stage II (19%), 157 as stage IIIA (23%), 62 as stage IIIB (9%) and 19 as stage IV (3%). Surgery consisted of lobectomies in 337 (49%), pneumonectomies in 210 (31%), segmentectomies and wedge resections in 42 (6%), bilobectomies in 41 (6%) and exploratory thoracotomies in 53 (8%). It was curative in 513 cases (75%) and palliative in 170 (25%). 49 patients died within 2 months of the operation (7.2%), while 209 suffered postoperative complications (31%). Mediastinal lymph node dissection was not routinely performed to in this series. However global outcome (30% 5 years survival and 18% at 10 years), compared favorably with that reported by centres that perform mediastinal lymphadenectomy systematically.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Chirurgie Thoracique, Clinique de Chirurgie Cardiovasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genève, Suisse.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mathey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mermillod
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Egeli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mégevand
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spiliopoulos
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013557:Switzerland; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Chirurgie d'exérèse du cancer pulmonaire primitif. Expérience genevoise de 13 années.