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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;25:456-459
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Lung resection for bronchogenic carcinoma after pneumonectomy: a safe and worthwhile procedure

Operative Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore, Azienda Ospedaliera Verona, P.le Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy

Received 17 June 2003; received in revised form 20 November 2003; accepted 15 December 2003.

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Objectives: Patients treated surgically for lung cancer can develop either a metachronous cancer or a recurrence. The appearance of a new cancer on the remaining lung after a pneumonectomy poses unique treatment problems, and surgery is often considered contraindicated. We report on the outcome of resections for lung cancer after pneumonectomy performed for lung cancer. Methods: We reviewed the records of patients who underwent a resection of bronchogenic carcinoma on the remaining lung from 1990 to 2002. Results: There were 14 patients (13 males and 1 female) with a median age of 64 years (range 51–74). Median preoperative Fev1 was 1.45 (range 1.35–2.23), corresponding to 59% of predicted Fev1 (range 46–80%). Resection was performed between 11 and 264 months after pneumonectomy (median 35.5). The resections performed were: one wedge resection in 11 patients, two wedge resections in two patients and two segmentectomies in two other patients; one patient underwent a third resection. Diagnosis was metachronous cancer in 12 patients and metastasis in two patients. Complications occurred in three patients (21%), while operative mortality was nil. Mean hospital stay was 10.5 days (6–25). Two patients received chemotherapy (one after local recurrence, one after the third resection). Overall 1, 3 and 5 year survivals were 57, 46 and 30%, respectively (median 21 months). For patients with a metachronous cancer they were 69, 55 and 37% (median 57 months), respectively, while neither patient with a metastatic tumor survived 1 year (P=0.03). Conclusions: Limited lung resection on a single lung is a safe procedure associated with acceptable morbidity and mortality rates. In patients with a metachronous lung cancer, long-term survival with a good quality of life can be obtained with limited resection on the residual lung.

Key Words: Single lung surgery • Pneumonectomy • Metachronous lung cancer

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