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Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:294-299
© 1985 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pulmonary Resection in Patients after Pneumonectomy

From the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Kittle, 1725 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612

In 15 patients with a previous pneumonectomy (eight on the right and seven on the left), a new "lesion" developed in the remaining lung. Fourteen had the pneumonectomy for carcinoma (13 men and 1 woman), and 1 woman had a pneumonectomy for blastomycosis. At the second operation (4 months to 16 years after the pneumonectomy), limited resection of a primary or metastatic malignancy was done. The excision ranged from lobectomy to multiple wedges.

One patient died on the sixth postoperative day, presumably a cardiac death. Eight patients died 2 to 33 months postoperatively. Six patients are now living: 3 have no evidence of disease (18, 35, and 70 months), and 3 have recurrent disease (26, 41, and 73 months).

There is evidence that pulmonary resection after pneumonectomy is feasible with a low operative mortality and that resection of these "secondary" tumors can result in prolonged, worthwhile survival.

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