[Pulmonary resection by dealing with pulmonary vessels inside pericardium: report of 104 cases]

During 1985-1993, the writer had performed 104 pulmonary resections, which was 10% of the same time pulmonary resections, to treat type III center lung carcinoma by dealing with pulmonary vessels inside pericardium. The results demonstrated: one-year survival rate was 35%, while three year survival rate was 10%. The writer also found that this kind of operative mode can raise the pulmonary resection rate by 8.75%, and reduce the exploratory thoracotomy rate by 33% compared with the traditionary pulmonary resection.