Pneumonectomy for benign disease: analysis of the early and late outcomes

To analyse the indications, operative techniques, postoperative morbidity, mortality and long-term outcomes of patients who underwent pneumonectomy for benign lung disease. We retrospectively reviewed our institutional database for patients who underwent a pneumonectomy for benign lung disease from January 1991 to June 2010. The data were queried for the indications for surgery, details of operative technique, development of perioperative...