Table 1.
Reports on contralateral pulmonary surgery after pneumonectomy.
| Author | Year | Patient | First operation site | Histrogy | Interval between operations (month) | VC (ml) | FEV1.0 (ml) | Operative procedure | Respiratory support | Histrogy | HOT | Prognosis (month) | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kayawake | 2015 | 72 males | Left | Sq | 37 | 1730 | 1360 | Open wedge | Meta | − | 14 death | Recurrence | |
| 66 males | Left | Mucinous BAC | 36 | 2760 | 2560 | Open wedge | Meta | + | 43 death | Pneumonia | |||
| 71 males | Left | MALT lymphoma | 240 | 2500 | 1530 | VATS S1seg | Ad primary | − | 39 death | Fulminant hepatitis | |||
| Kataoka | 2008 | 45 males | Right | Sq | 60 | 1950 | 1180 | Open wedge | Ad primary | − | 17 alive | ||
| Sakurai | 2003 | 30 females | Left | Adenoid cystic ca. | 53 | 2880 | 2490 | Open wedge | Blocker | Meta | − | 78 alive | |
| 41 males | Left | Ad | 9 | 2210 | 1660 | Open wedge x2 | Ad primary | − | 15 alive | ||||
| 64 males | Right | Ad | 32 | 2180 | 1680 | Open wedge | Ad primary | Temporarily | 63 death | Recurrence | |||
| 65 males | Left | Sq | 7 | 2350 | 1630 | VATS wedge | Blocker | Sq | − | 5 death | Respiratory dysfunction | ||
| Inoue | 1998 | 65 males | Left | Sq | 81 | 2930 | 1760 | Open wedge | Large primary | − | 42 alive | ||
| 64 males | Left | Large | 98 | 2410 | 1590 | Open wedge | Ad primary | − | 12 alive | ||||
| 35 females | Right | Ad | 24 | 2050 | 1660 | Open Upper seg | Meta | + | 17 alive | ||||
| Tajiri | 1998 | 67 males | Left | Ad | 157 | 1710 | 1290 | VATS wedge | Blocker + HFJV | Ad meta | − | 12 alive |
The 75% of initial surgeries were left pneumonectomy. Average age at subsequent pulmonary surgery was 57.1 years.
Sq, squamous cell carcinoma; Ad, adenocarcinoma; BAC, bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma; large, large cell carcinoma, VATS, video assisted thoracic surgery; HFJV, high frequency jet ventilation; meta, metastasis.