Primary bronchial carcioma. An analysis of lung operations performed at Kolding hospital during the 10-year period 1965--1974.

A clinical material consisting of 88 patients with primary bronchial carcinoma, treated at the Department of General Surgery, Kolding Hospital, during the 10-year period 1965--1974, is presented. It was possible to operate on 98% of the patients. Resection was performed in 76%: 75% as pneumonectomies and 25% as lobectomies. All the operations were performed by the same surgeon. The 5-year survival rates for the total number of patients were 19% during the period 1965--69 and 22% during the period 1970--74. The survival rates after resection were 26% and 28%, respectively, during the same periods. On the basis of the above-mentioned material and results, it may be concluded that an operation such as resection of the lung can be performed with the same degree of safety in operating theatres other than those of departments of thoracic surgery.