Pulmonary carcinoids - analysis of early and long-term surgical treatment outcomes in a group of 90 patients.

Introduction: Over the years, pulmonary carcinoids have been treated as locally malignant tumors because of the favorable prognosis. It is currently known that the clinical course of the disease is mainly dependent on the carcinoid subtype.

Aim: To analyze the early and long-term surgical treatment outcomes for typical and atypical carcinoids.