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Is pneumonectomy still necessary?

Is pneumonectomy still necessary?

Authors :
Jean Yannis Perentes
Matthieu Zellweger
Michel Gonzalez
Source :
Journal of Thoracic Disease. 10:6414-6417
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
AME Publishing Company, 2018.

Abstract

Surgical resection of lung cancer is the mainstay in patients with a curative intent. In centrally located lung cancers, pneumonectomy is indicated in case of clear involvement of different lobes or central broncho-vascular structures. However, a parenchyma-sparing surgical option including sleeve resection of the bronchus, the pulmonary artery or both was proven to be valid in centrally-located non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (1).

Details

ISSN :
20776624 and 20721439
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Thoracic Disease
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f527929dae8715b51aa71ed2579eeaf3
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2018.11.18