Background: Pneumonectomy (PN) has traditionally been the treatment of choice for central lung tumors for which the alternative is sleeve lobectomy (SL). The aim of this study was to compare early and long-term results after SL and PN in focusing on T3 central non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Methods: Patients who underwent SL (n=58) or PN (n=42) were retrospectively analyzed.
Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi
December 2009
Objective: To evaluate the method and effectiveness of rigid-bronchoscopic cryosurgery for advanced central lung cancer.
Methods: Forty-eight patients were enrolled in this study from June 2002 to December 2008, including 33 male and 15 female. The average age was 70 years (ranged from 45 to 83 years old).
Objective: To evaluate the surgical therapeutic strategy and prognostic factors for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with mediastinal lymph node metastasis (N2).
Methods: The survival rate of 117 patients with N2 NSCLC treated surgically from January 1999 to May 2003 were analyzed. There were 88 male cases and 29 female cases, aged from 29 to 79 years.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (MG) and the relative risk factors for postoperative myasthenic crisis.
Methods: The clinic data of 78 cases with MG who underwent thymectomy from June 1985 to June 2005 were analyzed retrospectively. The relative risk factors of postoperative myasthenic crisis were analyzed and the differences between new and old region of perioperative management were compared.
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi
December 2003
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of unilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Methods: The follow-up data of 25 patients with COPD who had underwent unilateral LVRS between January 1996 to December 2002 in department of thoracic surgery, China-Japan friendship hospital were analyzed retrospectively. The operative target was determined by pre-operative CT and pulmonary ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy.