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Pages 663-665 (December 2006)
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Vol. 42. Issue 12.
Pages 663-665 (December 2006)
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Pneumonectomy in Octogenarian Patients
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José Padilla
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Correspondence: Dr. J. Padilla. Servicio de Cirugía Torácica. Hospital Universitario La Fe. Avda. de Campanar, 21. 46009 Valencia. España
, Juan Carlos Peñalver, Carlos Jordá, Juan Escrivá, José Cerón, Eduardo Blasco
Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Recent decades have witnessed a progressive aging of the population and a resulting increase in the numbers of elderly patients seeking health care. Since age and pneumonectomy are independent predictors of perioperative morbidity and mortality, such surgery is not recommended for octogenarian patients.

We report the experience of 6 such patients who underwent pneumonectomy for squamous cell carcinoma in 5 cases and a typical carcinoid tumor in the sixth. There was no perioperative mortality; morbidity and survival rates were acceptable.

Key words:
Pneumonectomy
Octogenarian
Bronchogenic carcinoma

En las últimas décadas hemos asistido a un progresivo en-vejecimiento de la población, por lo que cada vez es mayor el número de pacientes de edad avanzada que acuden a nuestras consultas. La edad y la práctica de una neumonectomía son factores predictivos independientes de morbimor-talidad perioperatoria, por lo que no se aconseja realizar este tipo de cirugía en pacientes octogenarios.

Describimos la experiencia de 6 pacientes octogenarios a quienes se realizó una neumonectomía por carcinoma epi-dermoide en 5 casos y carcinoide típico en el restante, sin mortalidad perioperatoria, con una morbilidad asumible y una supervivencia aceptable.

Palabras clave:
Neumonectomía
Octogenario
Carcinoma bron-cogénico
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