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Ann Thorac Surg 1981;31:240-243
© 1981 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Bronchogenic Carcinoma and Postoperative Empyema: Is Survival Really Enhanced?

Alan Peterson, M.D., Marvin Kirsh, M.D.*, Herbert Sloan, M.D.

Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Accepted for publication July 22, 1980.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Kirsh, C7079, Box 32, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

From 1959 to 1974, 542 patients underwent curative resection for bronchogenic carcinoma. Postoperative empyema occurred in 17 of these patients. The overall 5-year survival of these 17 patients was only 18%, compared with 27% in the 525 patients without empyema. We were unable to demonstrate by our study or by a review of the literature that postoperative empyema favorably influences survival in patients who have had pulmonary resection for bronchogenic carcinoma.




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