Elderly non-small cell lung cancer limited thoracoscopic resection of 32 cases of lung.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Elderly non-small cell lung cancer limited thoracoscopic resection of 32 cases of lung Of: Wang Li Yan Zheng Yan Xin Qi Yong-Chao Wu Pengtao [Keywords:] senior citizens, non-small cell lung cancer, VATS, limited pulmonary resection Elderly non-small cell lung cancer is common disease of thoracic surgery, lung surgery is the oldest modern treatment methods, and are today the best way to (1). As the preferred non-small cell lung cancer treatment, the general lobectomy. However, for lung cancer in elderly patients, especially people with heart and lung disease patients, the larger the relative risk of postoperative complications, perioperative poor efficacy. With the recent radiation therapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy techniques the rapid advances in surgical resection of primary tumor based on the combined therapy, more and more people’s attention. The limited application of VATS lung resection line, the trauma, shorter operative time for surgery in elderly patients the opportunity to win. I hospital in June 2005 to June 2009 of 32 cases of elderly non-small cell lung cancer patients around, the line limited thoracoscopic lung resection to achieve better clinical results. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information VATS group of 32 patients, 23 males and 9 females. Aged 65 to 84 years, mean 74.67 years old. Pathologic type: 19 cases of adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma in 8 cases, 2 cases of lung cancer, pulmonary metastases in 3 cases. operation time, minimum 25 min, up to 75 min, an average of 45 min. tumor largest 6 cm 6 cm 5 cm. chest tube shortest 20 h, the longest 5 d, an average of 3.5 d. In addition to a patients with tracheal intubation back to the ward after, 90 min after extubation, the rest were out of the operating room after extubation after surgery. Lobectomy group: 47 patients, 28 male patients. 19 females. Aged 61 to 75 years, the average age of 67.54 years. Surgical operating time, the