[Palliative surgery in bronchial carcinoma and surgery for metastases (author's transl)]

Report on 54 patients with bronchial carcinoma, where a primary palliative resection of the tumor has to be done. Indications were central abscess of the carcinoma, bleeding of the tumor by arrosion, pain because of infiltration of chestwall, patient's demand on operation. Beneath lobectomy and pneumonectomy parietal pleurectomy, exstirpation of subclavian lymphnodes of the carcinoma and endobronchial resections of the tumor were done. In addition from 1970 to 1975 on 61 patients 66 resections of pulmonary metastasis were done. Surgical therapy of coin lesions without long preoperative surveillance is mandatory.