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  • Title: En bloc resection for bronchogenic carcinoma with chest wall invasion.
    Author: van de Wal HJ, Lacquet LK, Jongerius CM.
    Journal: Acta Chir Belg; 1985; 85(2):89-94. PubMed ID: 4013585.
    Abstract:
    The incidence rate of chest wall invasion in operated bronchogenic carcinoma is about 3%. From 1973 to 1984, 12 patients in our hospital underwent en bloc lung and partial chest wall resection for bronchogenic carcinoma with local invasion of the thoracic wall. All were male, between 49 and 74 years of age. Chest wall or back pain was the most prominent complaint. The duration of symptoms varied from 2 to 20 months. In 10 the tumour was peripherally and in 2 centrally located. Mediastinoscopies, selectively performed were negative. In 11 patients there was a squamous cell and in 1 an adenocarcinoma. 10 lobectomies and 2 pneumonectomies were performed. Macroscopic size of the tumour ranged from 3 to 17 cm, the number of partially resected ribs ranged from 1 to 4. There was 1 operative death (8%). 3 patients died within 5 months and 3 other patients within 14 months. 5 patients are still alive, 2 more than 5 years (17%). The survival is unfavourably influenced by lymph node involvement. The majority of patients became free of pain one month after surgery.
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