title: [Results of carinal resection for primary lung cancer].
abstract: Carinal resection for primary lung cancer was clinical evaluated. Carinal resection was performed in 18 patients. Thirteen patients underwent carinal resection and the other 5 sleeve or wedge pneumonectomy. The carinal reconstruction was of montage type in 10 patients and the double-barrel type in 2. There were 2 operative deaths, postoperative mortality rate was 11.1%. The 5-year survival for 16 patients excluding the 2 operative deaths was 38.8%. The 5-year survivals were 41.7% and 21.4% for N0 and N2 disease, respectively. Selected patients with localized lesion without mediastinal lymph node metastasis are the candidate for carinal resection and reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akamine
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagayasu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muraoka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoyanagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*