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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:384-385
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Christos Alexiou, FRCS

Northern General Hospital, Herries Rd, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK

David Beggs, FETCS, George Doukas, FRCS, Kostas Kotidis, FRCS, Ellis Morgan, FRCS

Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Rd, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK

Gaetano Rocco, FETCS

Northern General Hospital, Herries Rd Sheffield S5 7AU, UK

alexiou486@aol.com

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To the Editor:

We thank Dr Birdas for his interesting comments and the Editor for giving us the opportunity to reply.

It should be stressed that the "early" survival difference between the pneumonectomy and the smaller lung resection groups was 5.6% (operative mortality of 8% versus 2.4%). Figures 1 to 3 reveal the following: In figure 1, the overall survival difference (T1N0 and T2N0 tumors included) between the pneumonectomy and the smaller lung resection groups at 1, 2, and 3 postoperative years was 19%, 19%, and 16%, respectively. In figure 2, after lung resection for T1N0 disease, the survival difference between . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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