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term
survivors (approximately 5%). However, many of these series
have included patients
with advanced-stage tumors. Among studies
that have involved primarily patients who had a
reasonable chance
of cure, the average median survival time was 16 months and
the average
5-year survival was 20% (range, 15 to 23%).
Treatment with preoperative radiation and resection has resulted
in an average median
survival time of 22 months and a 5-year
survival of 27%. In these series, approximately one
third
of patients underwent an incomplete (R1 or R2) resection, and
approximately one third
of the resections involved only a limited
resection of the affected lobe of the lung.
Retrospective
analysis found that a complete resection with negative margins
(R0) and a
pulmonary resection involving at least a lobectomy
are major factors associated with better
survival. Furthermore,
N2,3 lymph node involvement is a major negative prognostic factor
and should generally be considered a contraindication to surgery.
Patients with vertebral body
or subclavian vessel involvement
have traditionally not been consider for resection, but it
seems
that with improved surgical approaches to these structures,
a few experienced centers
have been able to achieve reasonable
survival in such patients. The presence of Horner
syndrome is
also associated with poor survival.
A large phase II study of preoperative chemoradiotherapy in
patients with Pancoast
tumors showed a complete resection rate
of 92% and a good 2-year survival rate compared
with historical
controls of radiotherapy followed by surgery. Furthermore, local
recurrences
were seen in only 33% of patients with a recurrence,
whereas in series involving preoperative
radiotherapy alone,
the majority of recurrences involved the tumor bed. These data,
in
combination with the data for non-Pancoast stage III NSCLC,
suggest that preoperative
chemoradiotherapy is a significant
improvement over preoperative radiotherapy, particularly
in
light of the fact that there are insufficient numbers of patients
with a Pancoast tumor to be
able to complete a randomized comparison.
The Southwest Oncology Group is accruing
patients with Pancoast
tumors into a phase II study of induction chemotherapy with
cisplatin/etoposide and concurrent radiation followed by surgical
resection, followed by
consolidation docetaxel (S0220).
A single-institution, retrospective report using high-dose
three-dimensional radiation as
part of induction chemotherapy
and radiation therapy followed by surgery strategy showed
that
doses up to 60 Gy could be tolerated by most patients without
any significant increase in
postoperative complications. In
37 patients with pretreatment Pancoast tumors stages IIB to
IV, the authors reported a complete resection rate of 97.3%,
with a complete response rate of
40.5%. Overall median survival
time was 2.6 years, and 7.8 years in the group with a
pathologic
complete response. The overall recurrence rate was higher than
most other series at
50%, with 50% of those being in the brain.
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Shen KR, Meyers BF, Larner JM, et al. Special treatment issues in lung cancer: ACCP
evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest. 2007;132(3
Suppl):290S-305S.
Komaki R, Roh J, Cox JD, et al. Superior sulcus tumors: results of irradiation of 36 patients.
Cancer. 1981;48,1563-1568.
Millar J, Ball D, Worotniuk V, et al. Radiation treatment of superior sulcus lung carcinoma.
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Ginsberg RJ, Martini N, Zaman M, et al. Influence of surgical resection and brachytherapy in
the management of superior sulcus tumor. Ann Thorac Surg. 1994;57,1440-1445.
Gandhi S, Walsh GL, Komaki R, et al. A multidisciplinary surgical approach to superior
sulcus tumors with vertebral invasion. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999;68,1778-1785.
Dartevelle PG, Chapelier AR, Macchiarini P, et al. Anterior transcervical-thoracic approach
for radical resection of lung tumors invading the thoracic inlet. J Thorac Cardiovasc
Surg. 1993;105,1025-1034.
Rusch VW, Giroux DJ, Kraut MJ, et al. Induction chemoradiation and surgical resection for
non-small cell lung carcinomas of the superior sulcus: initial results of Southwest
Oncology Group Trial 9416 (Intergroup Trial 0160). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2001;121,472-483.
Kwong, K, Edelman MJ, Suntharalingam M, et al. High-dose radiotherapy in trimodality
treatment of Pancoast tumors results in high pathologic complete response rates and
excellent long-term survival. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005;129,1250-1257.
Shaw RR, Paulson DL, Kee JL. Treatment of the superior sulcus tumor by irradiation
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3.50 Answer: B
In the context of surgical management of superior sulcus tumors, it is useful to
conceptualize the anatomy of the superior sulcus as being divided into anterior, middle, and
posterior compartments by the scalene muscles. The anterior compartment contains the
subclavian vein; the middle compartment (interscalene triangle) contains the subclavian artery
and its branches, as well as the trunks of the brachial plexus; and the posterior compartment
contains the costovertebral groove, the roots of the brachial plexus, and the stellate ganglion.
The superior sulcus is more clearly divided by the scalene muscles into anterior, middle
(interscalene), and posterior compartments. The subclavian vein is anterior to the anterior
scalene muscle. The interscalene compartment contains, from the most superior to the most
inferior level, the trunks of the brachial plexus (superior, middle, and inferior), the subclavian
artery, the Sibson fascia, and the apical pleura. The dorsal scapular artery is present superior
to the subclavian artery and between the inferior and middle trunks of the brachial plexus. A
thin sliver of fat normally separates the apical pleura from the T1 nerve root medially and the
subclavian artery laterally. ObLation of this fat plane typically signifies tumor invasion of the
soft tissues of the superior sulcus and the possibility of tumor involvement of the T1 nerve
root and subclavian artery. However, because the brachial plexus is surrounded by a
connective-tissue sheath, a tumor may indent the brachial plexus and displace the nerve roots
or trunks superiorly without actually invading them. Sensory dysfunction may occur merely
because of extrinsic nerve compression, whereas a loss of motor function is more likely to be
indicative of frank invasion of the nerve.
Lateral to the costal insertion sites of the scalene muscles, the subclavian vessels pass
over the first rib and enter the retropectoral space to become the axillary vessels. The trunks
of the brachial plexus divide as they exit the interscalene compartment and then re-form at a
location superior to the axillary artery as the lateral, posterior, and medial cords of the
brachial plexus. The cords are named with respect to their relationship to the axillary artery.

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References
Bruzzi JF, Komaki R, Walsh GL, et al. Imaging of non-small cell lung cancer of the superior
sulcus: part 1: anatomy, clinical manifestations, and management. Radiographics.
2008;28:551-60.
Komaki R, Putnam JB Jr, Walsh G, et al. The management of superior sulcus tumors. Semin
Surg Oncol. 2000;18 :152-164.
3.51 Answer: E
Absolute contraindications to surgery (Table) include invasion of the brachial plexus
roots or trunks at levels above T1, invasion of more than 50% of a vertebral body, and
invasion of the esophagus or trachea. In addition, N2 (mediastinal) or N3 (contralateral
supraclavicular) nodal metastases and distant metastatic disease are absolute contraindications
to surgery.
The presence of nodal metastases (N1–N3) is associated with a much poorer survival
than is nonmetastatic (N0) disease.Mediastinal lymph node metastases are reported to occur
in up to 20% of patients with superior sulcus tumors, and, accordingly, mediastinoscopy is
advisable in all potential surgical candidates before treatment, both for staging purposes and
for determining the extent of lymph node dissection at the time of surgery. However, whereas
mediastinal (N2) and contralateral supraclavicular (N3) nodal metastases represent absolute
contraindications to surgery, hilar (N1) and ipsilateral supraclavicular (N3) nodal metastases
constitute relative contraindications, because both can be successfully resected with the
primary tumor and do not necessarily preclude long-term survival. PET/CT may usefully
complement mediastinoscopy by depicting unsuspected nodal metastases in sites that are not
accessible with a transcervical approach; in such patients, anterior mediastinoscopy, video-
assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or endobronchial ultra-sonographically guided biopsy may be
necessary to determine nodal status.
Table. Contraindications to surgery in superior sulcus tumors
Absolute contraindications
N2 (mediastinal) or N3 (contralateral supraclavicular) nodal metastases
Vertebral body invasion > 50%
Brachial plexus invasion at a level above the T1 nerve
Distant metastases
Relative contraindications
N1 (ipsilateral hilar) or N3 (ipsilateral supraclavicular) nodal metastases
Vertebral body invasion < 50%
Intraforaminal extension
Invasion of the subclavian artery
Invasion of the common carotid or vertebral artery
Other relative contraindications include invasion of the subclavian vessels, which is often
difficult to establish at imaging prior to surgery. If the subclavian vein is involved, it can be
ligated and resected easily along with the tumor, since collateral venous pathways usually
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also technically resectable, but resection must be accompanied by vascular reconstruction
with a polytetrafluoroethylene graft. A tumor with intraforaminal extension is potentially
resectable unless there is an anterior spinal artery that enters the spinal canal at that level.
Similarly, tumors that have invaded less than 50% of a vertebral body may be resectable, but
their resection often requires a combined thoracic and neurosurgical approach. Last, invasion
of the common carotid artery or vertebral artery represents another relative contraindication to
surgery. These vessels often have to be ligated to achieve complete resection of a locally
invasive carcinoma. However, if there is significant atherosclerotic disease of the
contralateral vessels, resection may not be feasible. In such instances, CT or MR imaging
may be the first examination that alerts the surgeon to the presence of contralateral
atherosclerosis.
References
Dartevelle
P, Macchiarini P. Surgical management of superior sulcus tumors. Oncologist 1999;4:398-
407.
Rusch
VW, Parekh KR, Leon L, et al. Factors determining outcome after surgical resection of T3
and T4 lung cancers of the superior sulcus. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119: 1147-
1153.
Bruzzi JF, Komaki R, Walsh GL, et al. Imaging of non-small cell lung cancer of the superior
sulcus: part 2: initial staging and assessment of resectability and therapeutic response.
Radiographics 2008;28:561-72.
3.52 Answer: E
Surgical resection of a superior sulcus tumor is most commonly performed via a
posterolateral thoracotomy, also known as the Shaw-Paulson approach. This approach
requires an incision that extends inferiorly between the posterior spinous processes and the
medial aspect of the scapula and then laterally to a point approximately 2 cm below and
lateral to the angle of the scapula. This method allows the en bloc resection of a posteriorly
located tumor and the involved portion of the chest wall as well as a pulmonary lobar
resection or pneumonectomy. A complete resection requires the removal of all ribs that have
been invaded by the tumor and of one uninvolved rib below the inferior margin of the tumor.
CT and MR imaging are useful for planning the extent of the chest wall resection. Although a
posterolateral thoracotomy allows the resection of posteriorly located tumors that have not
invaded the thoracic inlet structures, it provides only limited access to the middle and anterior
compartments of the thoracic inlet, making it more difficult to safely excise a tumor that has
involved the trunks of the brachial plexus or the subclavian vessels. An alternative approach
involves the creation of an L-shaped incision in the anterior chest wall. The first leg of the L
proceeds downward from the midcervical level, anterior and parallel to the
sternocleidomastoid muscle. The second leg extends laterally, parallel to the clavicle in the
intercostal space below the first uninvolved rib. The ribs above this level are excised, along
with the involved portion of the chest wall and the medial portion of the clavicle. The anterior
approach allows greater access to the subclavian vessels and brachial plexus and easier
clearance of supraclavicular lymph nodes; however, pulmonary lobectomy or
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In addition, resection of the medial portion of the clavicle may result in glenohumeral
instability and functional discomfort. Alternative approaches in which the sternoclavicular
joint is preserved include the transmanubrial approach (extended cervico-sterno-thoracotomy)
and the hemi-clamshell approach. The combined use of both an anterior and a posterolateral
approach has been associated with a higher mortality than the use of either approach alone.
References
Dartevelle PG, Chapelier AR, Macchiarini P, et al. Anterior transcervical-thoracic approach
for radical resection of lung tumors invading the thoracic inlet. J Thorac Cardiovasc
Surg 1993;105:1025-1034.
Alifano M, D'Aiuto M, Magdeleinat P, et al. Surgical treatment of superior sulcus tumors:
results and prognostic factors. Chest 2003;124: 996-1003.
Bruzzi JF, Komaki R, Walsh GL, et al. Imaging of non-small cell lung cancer of the superior
sulcus: part 1: anatomy, clinical manifestations, and management. Radiographics
2008;28:551-60.
3.53 Answer: D
White light bronchoscopy (WLB) is one of the most commonly used
diagnostic tools for
obtaining a definitive diagnosis of lung
cancer. However, WLB is limited in its ability to
detect small
intraepithelial and microinvasive preinvasive lesions, which
may be only a few
cells thick and might only have a surface
diameter of a few millimeters. Autofluorescence
bronchoscopy
(AFB) was developed to address this limitation by WLB in detecting
intraepithelial and microinvasive or preinvasive lung cancer
lesions. AFB is now an
established technique that has been shown
to be a far more sensitive method of detecting these
lesions
than WLB.
All studies appear to show a lower specificity with AFB compared
to WLB at the expense
of higher sensitivity. Although low specificity
is seen for most screening technologies, such
as mammography
and prostate-specific antigen, lower specificity with AFB is
somewhat
problematic because it might result in more biopsy
specimens with AFB and there is a greater
cost with AFB than
with a minimally invasive screening diagnostic procedure. However,
data
regarding lesions that are positive on autofluorescence
but negative on pathology (false-
positive findings) suggest
that these lesions are not entirely normal. Increased amounts
of
chromosomal aberration have been found, suggesting that these
lesions may have potential for
progression and therefore may
not truly be benign lesions. The presence of
multiple areas of
abnormal autofluorescence, notwithstanding
the histopathology grade, appears to be a risk
factor for subsequent
development of lung cancer. Pasic et al. evaluated a group
of 46 subjects
with either previous aerodigestive cancer or
sputum atypia and reported that the presence of
two areas of
abnormal autofluorescence increased the risk of subsequent lung
cancer over the
next 4 years compared to subjects with only
one suspicious area (50% vs 8%). Therefore, the
presence of
autofluorescence abnormalities alone may be an indicator of
cancer risk and field
carcinogenesis.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is based on the interaction of a photosensitizer with light
of
narrow bandwidth. In the presence of oxygen, tumor death
occurs by several mechanisms
including vascular shutdown, cell
cycle apoptosis, and direct singlet oxygen membrane injury.
The majority of clinical data using PDT in early lung cancer
have been for treatment of
patients who were deemed nonsurgical
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Japan in
the past 2 decades. One hundred forty-five
patients with 191 early NSCLCs have
been treated with PDT since
1980. This includes 99 patients with stage 0 and 56 patients
with
stage IA disease. There were 141 men and 4 women. The majority
of cases (98%) were
squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC). Complete response was achieved in
86% of lesions, with a
recurrence rate of 13%, thereby resulting
in a long-term response of 75%. When success of
treatment was
evaluated according to lesion size, lesions < 1.0 cm had
a complete response of
95%, and lesions ≥2 cm had a complete
response of only 46%. Treatment success was also
related to
whether the distal margin of the tumor could be clearly seen
bronchoscopically. If
the margin were visible, a complete response
rate of 92% was achieved, compared to 67% if
the margins were
not visible. If the lesion was < 1.0 cm and the margins were
visible,
complete response was achieved in 98% of cases.
Imamura et al. studied 29 patients (39 cancers) and achieved
complete response in 64% of
lesions. Recurrence occurred in
36%, giving a long-term response of 41%. On evaluation of
lesion
size, 72% of lesions that were < 3 cm
2
achieved a complete
response. Ono et al. studied
36 patients (39 cancers) and achieved
a complete response rate of only 31%, with a recurrence
in 33%.
Therefore, the long-term response was only 21%. A number of
smaller studies from
Europe and Canada reported complete
response rates of 62 to 91%. A multicenter
investigator-initiated
experience was collated and presented to the Food and Drug
Administration for approval of porfimer sodium in the treatment
of early superficial SqCC. A
total of 102 patients with radiologically
occult (stages 0, IA, and IB) SqCC were treated. An
overall
immediate complete response rate of 78% was achieved (95% confidence
interval, 7 to
87%). Forty-four percent of the patients had
recurrent tumor on follow-up, giving a long-term
response rate
of 43%. The median time to tumor recurrence was 2.8 years (range,
0.1 to 10
years). Analysis of the subgroup of the 24 inoperable
patients revealed a complete response of
92% (95% confidence
interval, 81 to 100%). A similar recurrence rate of 46%, a long-term
response rate of 50%, and a median time to tumor recurrence
of 2.7 years were observed.
The Mayo Clinic has reported treatment of 58 nonsurgical patients
with early lung cancer.
An 84% complete response
rate was achieved after one treatment. Nineteen patients (39%)
recurred and had a second PDT treatment. The median time to
tumor recurrence after the first
treatment was 4.1 years. After
the second treatment, 11 patients (22%) had recurrence. The
long-term complete response rate was 66%. PDT as an alternative
to surgical resection was
studied in 21 patients with small
bronchial cancers. A 71% complete response (15 of 21
patients)
was achieved, with 11 patients (52%) maintaining a complete
response > 12 months.
Patients who did not respond or recurred
were offered surgery. Of the 10 patients who
underwent surgery,
3 were found to have N1 disease. Two patients refused surgery.
A total of
nine patients (43%) were spared surgery.
In summary, PDT is effective in managing small
superficial SqCC.
The worldwide data showed that patients with early lung cancer
treated
with PDT achieve a complete response in approximately
75% cases, with a recurrence rate of
approximately 30%. Complete
response rates > 90% can be achieved when lesions are small
(< 1 cm in diameter), superficial, and all margins can be
visualized. Experience remains
limited using PDT for patients
who are surgical candidates.
References
Kennedy TC, McWilliams A, Edell E, et al. Bronchial intraepithelial neoplasia/early central
airways lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition).
Chest. 2007;132(3 Suppl):221S-233S.

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Helfritzsch H, Junker K, Bartel M, et al. Differentiation of positive autofluorescence
bronchoscopy findings by comparative genomic hybridization. Oncol Rep. 2002;9,697-
701.
Pasic A, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Risse EK, et al. Multiple suspicious lesions detected by
autofluorescence bronchoscopy predict malignant development in the bronchial mucosa
in high risk patients. Lung Cancer. 2003;41,295-301.
Kato H. Photodynamic therapy for lung cancer: a review of 19 years‘ experience. J
Photochem Photobiol B Biol. 1998;42,96-99.
3.54 Answer: E
Bronchial sleeve lobectomy was first introduced by Sir Clement Price-Thomas in 1947 as
a means of parenchymal sparing surgery and in 1954, Allison performed the first sleeve
lobectomy for a bronchogenic carcinoma. While bronchoplastic procedures were initially
utilized in patients with impaired pulmonary function, are currently the procedures of choice
in anatomically suitable patients regardless of whether they would tolerate a larger resection.
A recent meta-analysis comparing the results of sleeve lobectomy and pneumonectomy has
concluded that sleeve lobectomy offers better long-term survival and quality of life than does
pneumonectomy and is more cost effective.
There have been many retrospective analyses of the operative mortality and morbidity of
sleeve lobectomy and pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. Tedder et al. reported
that 30-day mortality was 5.5%; however in a recent meta-analysis, Ferguson and Lehman
reported that the weighted mean operative mortality was 4.1% (confidence interval [CI], 2.3–
5.9%). On the other hand, the mortality after pneumonectomy was reported as 6.0%
(confidence interval, 1–11%), that is significantly higher than sleeve lobectomy . Deslauriers
et al. reported an operative mortality four times more important after pneumonectomy (5.3%
vs 1.3%, p = 0.036).
More than 20% of early deaths are attributable to respiratory failure. Cardiac events cause
19.8% of early deaths and consist of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and
malignant dysrhythmias. Pulmonary embolism causes 14.3% of deaths. Bronchopleural and
bronchovascular fistulas represent 8.8% and 8.5% of the early deaths, respectively. Death
from empyema occurs only in 2% of bronchoplastic procedures.
References
Yildizeli B, Fadel E, Mussot S, et al. Morbidity, mortality, and long-term survival after sleeve
lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31:95-102.
Deslauriers J. Sleeve lobectomy versus pneumonectomy for lung cancer: a comparative
analysis of survival and sites or recurrences. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004;77:1152-6
Ferguson MK, Lehman AG. Sleeve lobectomy or pneumonectomy: optimal management
strategy using decision analysis techniques. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003;76:1782-8.
Tedder M, Anstadt MP, Tedder SD, Lowe JE. Current morbidity, mortality, and survival after
bronchoplastic procedures for malignancy. Ann Thorac Surg. 1992;54:387-91.
3.55 Answer: B
Hemoptysis after a sleeve lobectomy is an ominous sign and should be taken seriously. It
may represent a herald bleed that is indicative of a bronchovascular fistula between the
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from excessive dissection of the bronchial ends, excessive tension of the suture line, poor
quality tissues (post irradiation), or technical errors. At the initial operation wrapping the
bronchial anastomosis with pleura, a pericardial fat pad, or muscle may decrease the
incidence of postoperative anastomotic complications.
The patient described in this vignette should be taken to the operating room for a more
careful bronchoscopy. In the presence of anastomotic dehiscence, the airway should not be
disturbed bronchoscopically. The patient must undergo immediate redo thoracotomy and a
completion pneumonectomy performed to avoid the fatal consequences of a bronchovascular
fistula.
References
Yildizeli B, Fadel E, Mussot S, et al. Morbidity, mortality, and long-term survival after sleeve
lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31:95-102.
Deslauriers J. Sleeve lobectomy versus pneumonectomy for lung cancer: a comparative
analysis of survival and sites or recurrences. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004;77:1152-6
Ferguson MK, Lehman AG. Sleeve lobectomy or pneumonectomy: optimal management
strategy using decision analysis techniques. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003;76:1782-8.
Tedder M, Anstadt MP, Tedder SD, Lowe JE. Current morbidity, mortality, and survival after
bronchoplastic procedures for malignancy. Ann Thorac Surg. 1992;54:387-91.
3.56 Answer: E
One of the most challenging operations in thoracic surgery is sleeve carinal resection,
which involves dissection of the trachea and main bronchi, resection of the carina, and
construction of an anastomosis between the trachea and bronchi. Indications for such
operations occur rarely and in most cases they are because of tumor involvement of bronchial
bifurcation, tracheobronchial angle or lower part of the trachea. Besides, limited recurrence of
cancer in the main bronchus stump may result in carinal resection. Rather seldom, proximal
stenosis of the bronchi, benign tumors and main bronchial stump fistulae may require this
procedure. In the majority of cases, carinal pneumonectomy is undertaken.
In collected series of carinal pneumonectomies airway stenosis, bronchopleural fistula,
bronchovascular fistula and dehiscence do occur, but the incidence of each of these
complications is < 5%. Postpneumonectomy pulmonary oedema on the other hand seems to
occur independent of extent of resection and is almost always fatal. Pulmonary oedema after
pulmonary resection has been described intermittently over the past 50 years. Perhaps the
most widely known report is a multicenter compilation of 10 cases published in 1984 by
Zeldin et al. After retrospective comparison with controls, they identified 3 significant risk
factors for postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema: right pneumonectomy (9/10 cases),
increased perioperative intravenous fluids, and increased postoperative urine output. These
factors were independent of previous known factors associated with postpneumonectomy
pulmonary oedema including postoperative tachyarrhythmias and reoperation or hemorrhage.
The known facts about postpneumonectomy pulmonary oedema at present are as follows:
1. Incidence of 2% to 4% after pneumonectomy. It does occur postlobectomy but with a
lower incidence and better outcome.
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3. Symptomatic onset postoperative day 1 to 4; radiologic changes precede clinical
signs by 24 hours.
4. High mortality rates (>50%) and resistance to standard therapies for pulmonary
oedema.
5. Associated with fluid overload but not clearly a cause-effect relationship.
6. Histologic picture of acute repiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
7. Associated with a low pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP) and high-protein
oedema fluid suggesting endothelial damage (low-pressure pulmonary oedema).
There is no single mechanism that can fully explain all these findings and the cause must
be multifactorial. Among the potential causes are fluid overload, lung lymphatic damage,
altered pulmonary capillary pressure, pulmonary endothelial damage, volume-induced lung
injury, right ventricular dysfunction, cytokine release, acute hyperinflation, and oxygen
toxicity.
Post pneumonectomy pulmonary oedema is initially recognized as a minimally
symptomatic pulmonary infiltrate that develops within the first 24 hours postoperatively. Its
florid clinical presentation, which consists of rapidly worsening dyspnea and hypoxaemia,
develops during the second or third postoperative day. Conventional therapy often appears to
aggravate the hypoxia. Mortality is caused by respiratory insufficiency, with historical death
rates reported as high as 80% to 100%.
References
Alvarez JM, Tan J, Kejriwal N, et al. Idiopathic postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema:
hyperinflation of the remaining lung is a potential etiologic factor, but the condition can
be averted by balanced pleural drainage. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;133:1439-47.
Alvarez JM, Panda RK, Newman MA, et al. Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema. J
Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2003;17:388-95.
3.57 Answer: E
The Lung Cancer Study Group reported in 1995 the results of
a prospective randomized
trial comparing limited resection to
lobectomy in patients with peripheral T1 lung cancers. In
this
study, patients treated with limited resection had a threefold
increase in local recurrence, a
75% increase in combined local
and distant recurrence, and a 50% increase in death with
cancer
rate. There was no difference in operative mortality between
the limited resection and
lobectomy treatment groups, although
there was a higher rate of postoperative respiratory
failure
requiring ventilator support in the lobectomy group.
At one year follow-up there was
no difference noted in pulmonary function between a lobectomy and lesser resections. This
gives credence to the recommendation that limited resections should be reserved for those
with very compromised pulmonary function who would otherwise not be candidates for
surgical therapy. Segmental resections have about the same perioperative mortality rate as
lobectomies.
A small,
case-matched control study by Martin-Ucar et al. compared stage
I NSCLC
patients with a predicted postoperative FEV
1
of <40%
treatment with either segmental
resection or anatomic lobectomy.
In this report of 34 patients, there was identical hospital
mortality (5.9%) for the two types of resection. Unlike the
Lung Cancer Study Group trial,
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segmental
resection to lobectomy. This trial surprisingly showed an increased
incidence of
local recurrence in the lobectomy arm and only
distant recurrence in the segmentectomy arm,
calling in to question
the overall validity of the findings.
In a large retrospective review from Japan, Watanabe et al.
analyzed the data on 3,270
consecutive patients treated with
resection for primary lung cancer between January 1987 and
December
2002. The authors compared outcomes between 1,615 patients treated
in an earlier
period (from 1987 to 1996) to 1,655 patients treated
in a later period (from 1997 to 2002). The
authors reported
very low 30-day (0.5%) and in-hospital (0.8%) mortality rates
in patients
treated with surgical resection for lung cancer
between 1997 and 2002. They did not see a
significant difference
in either 30-day (0.3% vs 0.3%) or in-hospital mortality (1.3%
vs 0.9%)
between lesser resection and lobectomy. As expected,
there was a significantly increased 30-
day (3.1%) and in- hospital
(5.9%) mortality in patients treated with pneumonectomy.
In a retrospective review of 1,137 patients treated surgically
for lung cancer, Jackevicius
et al. reported on the outcomes
of 42 patients treated with limited resection (segmentectomy
or wedge) between 1980 and 1997. The overall actual 5-year survival
rate was a disappointing
29%. The authors found the best survival
among patients with T1N0 cancers treated with
surgical resection
alone with a median survival in these patients of 45.7 months.
The authors
found no survival benefit with adjuvant radiation
therapy in stage I or II patients. Not
surprisingly, patients
with N2 stage IIIA disease fared the worst, with a median survival
of
only 9 months. The authors rightly concluded that limited
resection should only be performed
in case of T1-2N0 lung cancer.
There is no role for limited resection in patients with known
N1 or N2 disease.
Tsubota et al. reported the early results of a prospective multicenter
trial of limited
surgical resection of peripheral tumors <2
cm in diameter. The investigators excluded patients
with N1
or N2 disease identified by frozen section. There were no perioperative
deaths in 55
patients treated with segmentectomy, and the overall
5-year survival was 85%. Local
recurrence rate was 4%.
Landreneau et al. analyzed the outcomes of a series of patients
with peripheral stage IA
(T1N0M0) lung cancer treated with open
lobectomy (n = 117), open wedge resection (n =
42), or VATS
wedge resection (n = 60) between January 1989 and July 1994.
Postoperative
complications occurred in 16% of patients undergoing
VATS wedge resection in contrast to
28% of patients undergoing
open wedge resection and 31% of patients treated with open
lobectomy.
While there was no significant difference in overall survival
between patients
treated with VATS wedge resection compared
to open lobectomy, there was a significant
decrease in overall
survival for patients treated with open wedge resection. There
was a trend
toward increased local recurrence in the wedge resection
groups (19%) compared to the open
lobectomy group (9%), although
this difference was not statistically significant. The 5-year
actuarial survival in the wedge resection groups (open and VATS)
was 48%, vs 67% in the
open lobectomy group. All patients in
this analysis had T1 (<3 cm) tumors located in the
outer
third of the lung with no evidence of endobronchial extension
and had clear margins on
frozen section and intraoperative mediastinal
and hilar nodal staging.
Fernando et al. reported on a multicenter retrospective outcome
study of 291 patients with
stage IA (T1N0) NSCLC treated with
either sublobar resection (n = 124) or lobar resection (n
=
167). Brachytherapy was used in 48% (n = 60) of the sublobar
resection cases.
Brachytherapy decreased the local recurrence
rate in the sublobar resection group from 17%
(11 of 64 patients)
to 3.3% (2 of 60 patients). There was no survival difference
between
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