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Sleeve lobectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma: the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center experience
International Surgery
|October 1, 1986
Abstract:
One hundred and fifteen various types of sleeve lobectomy procedures were performed from 1961 to June 1985 with a perioperative mortality of 1.7%. Six of the eight patients who required completion procedures were considered as technical failures, a failure rate of 5%. Cumulative survival is 33% at five years and 22% at ten years.
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