[Recurrent intervention in surgery of pulmonary metastases]

Pulmonary resection for recurrent metastatic disease in 39 patients undergoing 52 thoracotomies resulted in a cumulative survival rate of 75% at 3 years an 52% at 5 years, with no operative mortality. A significant factor influencing survival was duration of disease-free interval after treatment of primary tumor and the time interval between the first pulmonary metastasectomy and the appearance of recurrent pulmonary metastases. The route of metastatic spreading and the number of metastases were of no prediction for postthoracotomy survival.