title: Bronchial sleeve resection with complete preservation of the lung for carcinoma.
abstract: Conservative sleeve resection with complete preservation of the lung parenchyma is very rarely applicable for the treatment of bronchial carcinomas. We used this surgical procedure in four patients with bronchial carcinoma in various sites of the central airway, and we obtained successful results. The pathological types were two squamous cell carcinomas and two low-grade malignant tumors (mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma). If patients are properly selected, this operative procedure appears to be a safe and radical therapeutic option for the treatment of bronchial neoplasms arising from major bronchi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery I, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan. yohta@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yachi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D008875:Middle Aged