Journal article
Sleeve resections for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
Minerva chirurgica, Vol.66(4), pp.329-339
08/2011
PMID: 21873968
Abstract
Parenchyma-sparing sleeve lobectomies were originally developed as a surgical strategy for patients not fit for a pneumonectomy, because of impaired pulmonary function. As promising short- and long-term results were demonstrated, sleeve lobectomy was accepted as an alternative surgical procedure to pneumonectomy. Nowadays, sleeve resections are associated with prolonged long-term survival and better quality of life, compared to pneumonectomy. Therefore, sleeve resections should be performed for centrally located non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whenever technically, anatomically and oncologically possible. In this review, we discuss the current status of sleeve resections in the management of NSCLC.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Sleeve resections for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
- Creators
- S Bölükbas - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dr.-Horst-Schmidt-Klinik, Wiesbaden, Germany. Dr.Bolukbas@gmx.deD Ghezel-AhmadiN KudelinC BiancosinoM EberleinJ Schirren
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Minerva chirurgica, Vol.66(4), pp.329-339
- PMID
- 21873968
- ISSN
- 0026-4733
- eISSN
- 1827-1626
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2011
- Academic Unit
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094594102771
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