Why the study?
What are the perioperative complications and long-term survival rates in patients undergoing pulmonary resection for primary lung carcinoma?
Population
344 patients with resectable lung cancer who underwent lung resection, mean age 65.7 years, 263 males and 81…
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Offers stage-specific survival benchmarks for counseling; leaves open whether modern care improves these observational estimates.
What are the perioperative complications and long-term survival rates in patients undergoing pulmonary resection for primary lung carcinoma?
Pulmonary resection for lung cancer carries a 7.9% 30-day mortality risk, with long-term survival heavily dependent on cancer stage and preoperative lung function.
Augustinus P. T. van der Ploeg (2002) studied this question.
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