Short- and long-term results of angioplastic lobectomy in lung cancer surgery

Abstract

Aim. To study the oncological expediency of using vascular techniques in organ-saving treatment of lung cancer.
 Materials and methods. Over the period of 2009–2016, there were performed 92 lobectomies with resection and reconstruction of the pulmonary artery in patients with non-small carcinoma of the lung.
 Results. No intraoperative complications and lethal outcomes were fixed. The postoperative complications were registered in 23 cases (25.3 %). Lethality was 3.3 %. The overall one-year survival rate in patients with stage I–III lung cancer after organ-saving surgery was 96.7 %, three-year – 65.1 %, five-year – 36.6 %, median survival rate – 53.1 months. The recurrence-free survival rate in patients with stage I–III lung cancer was: one-year – 89.9 %, three-year – 65.3 %, five-year – 48.8 %. The median recurrence-free survival rate was 49.8 months.
 Conclusions.Angioplastic lobectomy provides an acceptable short and long-term result, which does not yield to the analogous indices for pulmonectomy. It confirms our opinion on the expediency of implementing this procedure regarding non-small carcinoma of the lung.