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Autopsy Evaluation

THOMAS W. SHIELDS, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1964;89(1):144-149.

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In recent years, lobectomy has been frequently employed as one of the definitive operative procedures in the treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma.^1,7,8 At present we⁹ select it as the procedure of choice in all patients with peripherally located tumors which neither transgress a fissure nor present evidence of gross lymph node involvement. Even if such involvement is present, a lobectomy may be elected as a compromise procedure in the very elderly patient or one with markedly reduced cardiorespiratory reserves. Occasionally, a lobectomy with a bronchial sleeve resection of a localized hilar carcinoma may be indicated. As a result of this policy, lobectomy has been employed as the definitive procedure in 49% of the last 137 patients who have undergone resection of a bronchogenic carcinoma.

Since this operation has been employed in almost one half of the patients, it was thought to be important to investigate its effectiveness and attempt . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School.; From the Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School.

Footnotes
Read before the 21st Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Rochester, Minn, Feb 26-29, 1964.

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