[Surgical treatment of residual pulmonary metastasis of testicular germ cell tumors after chemotherapy].

Abstract

Advances in chemotherapy achieved a high percentage of complete remission after primary cytostatic treatment in germinal testicular tumours. In 30-40% of patients in the IVth stage of the disease supplementary surgery is, however, necessary--retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy or metastasectomy of the lungs. The authors give an account of initial results of surgical removal of metastases in the lungs in seven patients of 48 treated with cytostatics on account of a germinal testicular tumour. The low risk of thoracotomy, if correctly indicated, justifies us to describe this operation not only as auxiliary but therapeutic.

• Authors: S Cársky, D Ondrus, M Schnorrer, J Matoska, V Belan, M Hornák, V Zvara, J Cerný
• Journal: Rozhledy v chirurgii : mesicnik Ceskoslovenske chirurgicke spolecnosti (Rozhl Chir) Vol. 70 Issue 1-2 Pg. 106-11 (Feb 1991) ISSN: 0035-9351 [Print] Czech Republic
• Vernacular Title: Chirurgická liecba reziduálnych pl'úcnych metastáz germinatívnych nádorov testis po chemoterapii.
• PMID: 1656533 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (drug therapy, secondary, surgery)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal (drug therapy, secondary, surgery)
• Testicular Neoplasms (pathology)