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[Comparison of two surgical approach for cardiac cancer]
Xiao-xin Wang1, Hong-qin Li, Hong-yi Chen
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
Objective:
To explore the preferable surgical approach for cardiac cancer.
Methods:
One hundred and sixty patients with cardiac cancer underwent operation in two surgical approaches (epigastrium and left chest). Analysis was conducted on lymph nodes resected, stump positive rate, radical resectability rate, perioperative mortality, surgical complication rate, postoperative hospital days, survival rate between the two groups.
Results:
In the epigastrium group and the left chest group the average number of resected lymph nodes was 15.7 and 10.6, respectively, the upper stump positive rate was 5.0% and 1.2%, and there was significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). The lower stump positive rate, perioperative mortality, radical resectability rate, surgical complication rate, postoperative hospital days, survival rate of the two groups were 1.2%, 0.0%, 81.2%, 10.0%, 10 d, 53.7% and 1.2%, 1.2%, 83.7%, 11.2%, 12 d, 56.2%, respectively, and there was no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05).
Conclusion:
There was no difference on the radical respectability rate and 5-year survival rate between the two groups. Thus the surgical approaches for cardiac cancer should based on the location and extent of lesions and the state of patients.
