ABSTRACT

Objective:

The aim of this study is evaluation of operation timing in patients who suffered primary bronchial can-cers with proper adjuvant therapies, indications for operation, selection of surgical method, postoperative compli-cations and curative results of surgical attempts in the light of current literature.

Methods:

Seventy-nine patients (69 males-10 females) who were diagnosed and operated on with primary bron-chial cancer, and followed between June 2002 and March 2005 at the Department of Thoracic surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, were evaluated retrospectively.

Results:

Seventy-nine patients with primary bronchial cancer were operated on between June 2002 and March 2005 in our department. 87.3% of these cases were male (n=69), and 12.7% were female (n=10), median age of patients was 60.25±10.32 (38-82). 77 cases were diagnosed as non small lung cancer (NSLC) and 2 cases were diag-nosed as small lung cancer (SLC). The patients were classified according to pathological stage as follows; 2.55% of the patients as carcinoma in situ (n=2), 39.2% of the patients as stage I (n=31), 19% of the patients as stage II (n=15), 32.9% of the patients as stage III (n=26), 3.8% of the patients as stage IV (n=3).

Conclusion:

Surgical treatment is the most important method in NSLC, although surgical treatment can be causes of morbidity and mortality as well. Proper patient selection and correct evaluation of the preoperative period should increase the surgical performance and minimalize these problems. (Gazi Med J 2011; 22: 79-84)