[Diagnosis and surgical therapy of lung XXXX ].

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Operations for pulmonary @entity3 were carried out on 33 @entity1 from January 1st 1976 to December 31st 1985 at the Surgical Division, University of Cologne. In six cases each, the @entity5 were @entity1358 , @entity14 and osteocarcinoma. There were five cases of @entity320 , three cases of @entity189 , two cases of @entity189 and two cases of soft-tissue @entity242 as well as one case each of parotid, tonsillar and @entity189 . The large number of @entity3 could be determined in 21 cases (64%) by means of preoperative radiodiagnostics with X-rays of the chest in two planes, conventional tomography and computer tomography of the thorax. Computer tomography was the most efficient single investigation. 17 @entity1 received atypical resection and lobectomy was carried out in 16 cases. For all @entity1 , the cumulative survivals revealed a one-year actuarial survival of around 70% and a three-year actuarial survival of about 20%. @entity1 with several @entity3 (two to six) had a very much poorer prognosis than @entity1 with solitary pulmonary @entity3 . There was no connection between the surgical technique selected and the expected survival time in any case. The @entity5 -free interval between operation on the @entity5 and resection of the pulmonary @entity3 only had a slight prognostic significance.
