Background: The trachea, bronchus, blood vessel and left atrium plasty can maximumly remove tumor tissus and preserve the functional pulmonary tissues so as to improve patients' quality of life and prolong their survival.
Methods: From January 1990 to August 2004, 125 patients with lung cancer underwent trachea, bronchus, bloood vessel and left atrium plasty.
Results: There were 116 patients who underwent bronchoplasty, in which angioplasty was performed concurrently in 26 cases. And reconstruction of superior vena cava was performed in 3 patients, and left atrium plasty in 6 patients. Three patients died after operation.
Conclusions: Trachea, bronchus, blood vessel and left atrium plasty may be a promising direction in thoracic surgery.