title: [Surgical treatment of lung cancer via intrapericardial vascular management: A report of 56 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To study the significance of pneumonectomy via intrapericardial vascular management in the surgical treatment of lung cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 56 patients with central-type lung cancer underwent pneumonectomy via intrapericardial vascular management.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of postoperative complications was 8.93%(5/56). One patient died and the mortality rate was 1.97%. The postoperative follow up rate was 96.4%. The 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates were 72.7%(40/55), 31.4%(11/35) and 17.4% (4/23) respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pneumonectomy via intrapericardial vascular management is safe and can improve the resection rate. It might provide a basis for the further treatment of lung cancer and should be widely applied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Jinan Military Area, Jinan, Shandong 250031, P.R.China.
authors.forename: Renye
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Guiwu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Shining
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ma