Bronchial sleeve resection with complete preservation of the lung for carcinoma

Conservative sleeve resection with complete preservation of the lung parenc hyma is very rarely applicable for the treatment of bronchial carcinomas. W e used this surgical procedure in four patients with bronchial carcinoma in various sites of the central airway, and we obtained successful results. T he pathological types were two squamous cell carcinomas and two low-grade m alignant tumors (mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma). If patients are properly selected, this operative procedure appears to be a s afe and radical therapeutic option for the treatment of bronchial neoplasms arising from major bronchi. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.