title: [Immediate results of pneumonectomies in lung cancer patients older than 70 years].
abstract: During 1970-2002 pneumonectomy for lung cancer was fulfilled on 155 patients older than 70 years of age. Immediate postoperative lethality took place in 19.3%. From 142 male patients after pneumonectomy 30 (21.1%) patients died, from 13 female patients - nobody died. The whole time was divided into 3 periods 10 years each. It was noted that postoperative lethality decreased from 21.4% in the first period to 13.8% - in the third one. Lethality was substantially decreased in patients aged 70-72 from 32.6% in 1970-1981 to 6.9% in 1992-2002. In patients older than 75 lethality failed to decrease. The main causes of lethal outcomes were acute cardio-vascular insufficiency and thromboembolism of the pulmonary artery.
authors.forename: E Ia
authors.initials: EIa
authors.lastname: Drukin
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Preĭs
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Barchuk
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Karaseva
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Vetiugov
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome