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Vicenç Artigas Raventós

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  Surgery of Pulmonary Metastases: Series of 85 Patients
  Author(s): Nuria Prenafeta Claramunt, Vicenç Artigas Raventós, Guillermo Gómez Sebastián, Elisabeth Martínez Téllezand Josep Belda Sanchís Nuria Prenafeta Claramunt, Vicenç Artigas Raventós, Guillermo Gómez Sebastián, Elisabeth Martínez Téllezand Josep Belda Sanchís
  
  Introduction: Lung metastases are the second leading cause of lung resection, constituting 30-40% of all surgeries performed in the field of Thoracic Surgery. Resection of pulmonary metastases is an open issue that generates various controversies. Depending on the functional respiratory capacity of the pulmonary metastatic patient, may come to consider multiple surgeries in the same patient, as many as the patient is able to tolerate by his or her respiratory reserve. Goal: Study of the results from surgical resection of pulmonary metastases in general and in particular those of colorectal origin. Patients and methods: Descriptive and observational retrospective study of 85 patients with pulmonary metastases who underwent surgery at our centre from January 2003 to December 2007. Results: Surgery was performed in 85 patients, 56 males (66%) and 29 women (34%) with a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2168-9296.1000107

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