Volúmen 34 No. 1 (2016)

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Tumor carcinoide del pulmón. Resección en manguito primer caso realizado en el Hospital Vicente Coral Moscoso. Cuenca
(Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, 2016-05) Salamea Avilés, Juan Josué; Salamea Avilés, Pablo Andrés; Aguirre Vintimilla, Marcos Andrés
Lung cancer is the most common tumor that causes increased mortality in developed countries, in the treatment there are new techniques such as the Lobectomy and sleeve resection with bronchial anastomosis, this technique has reduced the mortality by 95% of cases. This is an oncologically valid procedure and it is also comparable to a pneumonectomy but with a lower functional impact in the lungs; it´s necessary to emphasize that this is one of the election procedures in the case of tumors of the bronchi or trauma sometimes obstructing the bronchi with few cases reported about using of this technique worldwide. In fact it is the first sleeve resection performed at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. The case of a patient with presence of a tumor mass obstructing the bronchial lumen of right lung is presented, it was diagnosed two years ago with flexible fibro-bronchoscopy so it proceed with surgery to unblock the airway, A lobectomy more sleeve resection was performed; supported in the literature about the validity of the procedure performed as cancer surgery, the surgical risks, and physiological effects on lung function