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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
[Timeline trends in surgery of bronchogenic carcinoma]
A Stolz1, J Simonek, T Harustiak
1III. chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha. stolz@seznam.cz
Background:
The aim of our study was to determine how patient preoperative status and outcomes of resection have changed over last 12 years.
Material And Methods:
This retrospective study of prospective database included 1412 patients operated from January 1,1998 through December 31,2009. Patient characteristics and outcomes were compared for two time periods (1998-2003 and 2004-2009).
Results:
We performed 985 lobectomies with 30-days mortality 1.8% and 300 pneumonectomies with 30-days mortality 5.7%. Median of survival of all 1412 patients was 4.3 year and 5-year survival was 45%. The percentage of female patients, lobectomies and adenocarcinoma increased over time, as well as age of our patients. Outcome improved over time, with significant decrease in 30-days mortality after pneumonectomy (8.2% vs. 2.3%, p = 0.029). The overall 3-year survival improved in patients with III. stage (30 % vs. 40%, p = 0.012).
Conclusion:
Our study identified time trends which are in-line with increased incidence of lung cancer among women and with improvement of preoperative evaluation, preoperative and postoperative care
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