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Completion pneumonectomy for lung cancer.

N Baltayiannis¹, D Anagnostopoulos, N Bolanos

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.

Journal of B.U.ON. : Official Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology

|October 9, 2007

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Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Pulmonary Medicine

Background:

Completion pneumonectomy is a complex surgical procedure.
It is associated with significant postoperative mortality and morbidity.
This study evaluates outcomes of this challenging operation.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a series of 18 patients who underwent completion pneumonectomy for lung cancer.
To evaluate the postoperative outcomes and long-term results of this procedure.
To assess the feasibility and efficacy of completion pneumonectomy in lung cancer management.

Main Methods:

A retrospective review of 18 patients who underwent completion pneumonectomy between 1985 and 2000.
Patients had undergone the procedure for local recurrence, second primary lung tumor, or lung tumors after prior benign disease surgery.
Outcomes including operative time, blood loss, mortality, morbidity, complications, and survival rates were analyzed.

Main Results:

No intraoperative deaths occurred.
Postoperative mortality and morbidity rates were 11.11% and 33.33%, respectively.
Five-year survival was 18.75% overall, with 25% for local recurrence and 50% for second primary lung cancer groups.

Conclusions:

Completion pneumonectomy can be performed with acceptable operative mortality.
It provides a potential second chance for cure in selected lung cancer patients.
While complications are frequent, they are manageable with appropriate understanding and care.