chest wall resection

Lung cancer can directly invade the chest wall, including soft tissues such as the wall pleura and chest wall muscles, ribs, sternum and even the spine. Most patients present with varying degrees of chest or back pain. It has been reported that the 5-year survival rate of lung cancer with chest wall resection is 35%, but only pneumonectomy without chest wall resection, the 5-year survival rate of patients who received radiotherapy after surgery was only 12%, and the 5-year survival rate of patients who underwent radiotherapy alone. 0. Therefore, chest wall resection can help lung cancer survival rate. Treatment of diseases: elderly lung cancer Indication Lung cancer patients. Preoperative preparation Antibiotics are routinely used before surgery. Surgical procedure The lungs were removed together with the whole chest wall. The specific resection range included more than one normal rib above and below the affected rib. The length of the resection was more than 5 cm from both ends of the affected rib, and the rib, pleura and intercostal muscle were removed together.