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Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:903-909
© 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Thoracoplasty in the context of current surgical practice

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England

Accepted for publication December 4, 1992.

^_* Address reprint requests to Mr Jeyasingham, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE, England.

Although widely employed for well over a century as a procedure for reducing the capacity of the thoracic cavity, thoracoplasty in current practice has become a rarity. A retrospective analysis of 37 patients (29 men, 8 women) who underwent the procedure under the care of one thoracic surgeon in a 16-year period provides the basis for this presentation. Ages ranged from 23 to 82 years with a mean age of 58 ± 12.8. The mean follow-up was 8.5 years. Nineteen patients underwent the procedure for complications after lung resection for lung cancer. There were four perioperative deaths in this group (21.1%) and 6 long-term survivors (31.6%). Eighteen patients without lung cancer underwent thoracoplasty as a planned treatment or for complications. There were no perioperative deaths, two late deaths, and 16 long-term survivors (88.9%) in the group. In the entire series, the overall perioperative mortality rate was 10.8% with no major long-term morbidity. Although proper timing and proper patient selection are essential in the use of thoracoplasty as a procedure to cope with the septic complications of lung cancer resection, it is overall a safe and successful procedure that has a relatively low mortality and that leads to considerable improvement in quality of life.

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