Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2003
Abstract
The surgical treatment of lung cancer has got a long tradition at our department. The aim of this work is to evaluate the group of 3 857 patients from the years 1948?1997.
The special analysis has been performed of the group of 1572 patients from the years 1974?1997 undergoing lung resection. Evaluating our operation policy a strong trend from pneumonectomy to less extensive operations can be found.
The introduction of bronchoplastic operations and modern diagnostic methods has substantially improved the possibility of surgical treatment. The utilization of TNM system enabled to compare the different groups of patients according to the unified classification.
