ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate value and effect of the bronchus was cut out and bronchoplasty for lung cancer. Methods Twenty-one patients with lung cancer which all invased out one bronchial orifice and precluded standard lobectomy. The present of endobronchial tumor was cut out according to the lesion region during operation, the bronchoplasty performed by health bronchial wall. Results There were squamous carcinoma in 15 patients; adenocarcinoma in 4; small cell lung cancer and carcinoid each one patient. Staging: stage Ⅰ in 3 patients; stage Ⅱ in 12, stage Ⅲa in 6. The 19 patients were uneventful after operation. The 2 cases died from acute pulmonary embolism or gastric irritable ulcer with large bleeding in perioperation. Respiratory failure in all patients had not occurred. Bronchoscopy performed immediately after operation in 16 patients and in the period of following up 6-36 months in 12 patients, the mucosa of bronchoplastic sites was smooth, no bronchial stenosis and no tumoral relapse.The period of following-up was 4-72 months, median survival 42 months after operation. Five patients died from the metastases or relapse. Life time in survival patients was well. Conclusion The bronchial resection by cut out and bronchoplasty for lung cancer had a good results in near future and long period, and proved individualized and adapted selective type of resection for bronchoplasty of lung cancer.