Results of pulmonary resection for metastatic lesions

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 94 - 99
• Main Authors: Wright, JO, 3d, Brandt, B, 3d, Ehrenhaft, JL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States AATS/WTSA 01.01.1982
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma - mortality; Carcinoma - secondary; Child; Child, Preschool; Colonic Neoplasms; Humans; Kidney Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms - mortality; Lung Neoplasms - secondary; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Lymphatic Metastasis; Middle Aged; Pneumonectomy - methods; Sarcoma - mortality; Sarcoma - secondary

We reviewed the role pulmonary resection for metastatic pulmonary lesions in our institution. Over a 22 year period, 142 patients underwent 153 thoracotomies. The operative mortality was 0.7%. Complete follow-up was obtained on 140 hospital survivors (99.3%). The actuarial 5 year survival rate for c...