From 1958 to 1979 1,951 pulmonary resections for lung cancer were performed in our
hospital. Segment or wedge resections were carried out in 91 patients, in 34 as palliative
operations while in 57, with stage I peripheral carcinoma, the resection was curative.
The operative mortality rate for this procedure showed no difference to that for lobectomy
at the same stage. The 5-year survival rate for these segment resection patients was
23%, while it was 45% for lobectomy patients. Consequently, segment resection cannot
be regarded as a routine method, but rather as an emergency procedure in functionally
otherwise inoperable cases.
Bronchial carcinoma - Segment resection - Clamp resection - Wedge resection
