Abstract
We retrospectively reviewed 93 patients (66 men and 27 women) with non-small cell lung cancer who underwentpulmonary resection from March 2009 to February 2014 at Jeju National University Hospital. Operative mortality was 1.1%and significant postoperative morbidity was 6.5%. The proportion of never-smokers, stage I diseases, adenocarcinoma, andwell-differentiated type of cancers were greater in women (88.9% vs 17.5%, 81.5% vs 59.1%, 92.6% vs 51.5%, and 48.1%vs 10.6%, respectively) (p < .001). Rate of recurrence was higher as the pathologic stage was advanced. However, mediantime of recurrence-free survival has limited value because of short period of follow-up. We had acceptable level ofpostoperative mortality and morbidity and should continue to do aggressive postoperative care and to make an effort toavoid pneumonectomy in order to decrease mortality and morbidiyt.
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