title: Sleeve pneumonectomy.
abstract: Throughout the last year significant advances in the operative technique and management of patients undergoing sleeve pneumonectomy, as well as better understanding of patient selection requirements, have led to improved perioperative and long-term results. Patients with N2 disease resistant to preoperative chemotherapy or chemo-/radiotherapy should be excluded from the procedure. Airway resection should be limited to a maximum length of 4 cm. In general sleeve pneumonectomy has become an established procedure for treatment of lung cancer involving the carina and should be performed for carefully selected patients in experienced centers only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aigner
authors.forename: Gyoergy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klepetko
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome