Surgery of lung metastasis--indications, results and prognostic factors as an interdisciplinary concept

• Published in: Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) Vol. 48; no. 7; p. 469
• Main Authors: Schirren, J, Wassenberg, D, Krysa, S, Branscheid, D, di Rienzo, G, Drings, P, Vogt-Moykopf, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01.07.1994
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - mortality; Lung Neoplasms - secondary; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Palliative Care; Patient Care Team; Pneumonectomy; Survival Rate

Surgical therapy of lung metastases nowadays is an established procedure. The operation's purpose is the radical and therefore potential curative resection. Beside there are diagnostic and palliative indications. Beside there are diagnostic and palliative indications. Median sternotomy is the s...