title: Result of surgical resection for pulmonary metastasis from urothelial carcinoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Treatment of pulmonary metastasis from urothelial cell carcinoma has been mostly palliative chemotherapy and the role of pulmonary metastasectomy has not been investigated much.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study is a retrospective interim review of pulmonary metastasectomy from urothelial carcinoma at single institution between 1998 and 2010. Overall 16 patients underwent pulmonary metastasectomies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no postoperative complication or hospital mortality. Mean hospital stay was 6 days. Overall and disease-free 5-year survival were 65.3% and 37.5%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In selected patients with pulmonary metastasis from urothelial carcinoma, surgical treatment is feasible and could contribute to long-term survival in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo Sik
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Kwhanmien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joon Suk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park