Abstract

MARTIN GONZALEZ, Miguel Angel; CORONA MANCEBO, Sixto  and  FUENTES VALDES, Edelberto. Resultados del tratamiento quirúrgico del cáncer primario de pulmón de células no pequeñas en los estadios I y II. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2003, vol.42, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

In order to evaluate the results of the surgical treatment in patients operated on from January, 1995, to January, 1999, it was conducted a study by using descriptive techniques and hypothesis testing. The sample was composed of 58 patients: 33 men and 25 women. 67.2 % were over 50. A vertical incision was performed in 94.8 % of the patients for approaching thorax. The neoplasia was located in the right lung in 55.2 % and centrally in 48.3 %. The most frequent resection was pneumonectomy with 48.2 %. There was a 10.3 % of surgical accidents. The respiratory complications predominated with 19 %, whereas postoperative mortality was 12.1 %. It was observed a prevalence of adenocarcinoma with 41.4 %. There was a significant statistical relation (p < 0.05) between mortality from smoking and from complications, since when the first decreases, the second increases

Keywords : CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; PNEUMONECTOMY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE; HYPOTHESIS-TESTING.