[Surgical treatment of metastatic lung lesions: state of art]

454 patients, aged 17-79 years, were operated on metastatic lung lesions during the period from 1970 to 2007 years. Overall 538 operations were performed, of them 40 bilateral lung resections, 33 patients were reoperated on the subject of recurrent lung metastases. Postoperative complications were registered in 44 (9,6%) patients. Lethality rate was 1,1%. Overall 5-year survival after solitary metastasis removal was 34,9+/-3,1%, after removal of several lesions the survival rate was 21,7+/-4,8%, and after operation on the subject of multiple lung metastasis the survival rate was 14,7+/-4,5%. The level of intrathoracic lymph nodes involvement and type of the performed surgery showed to be independent prognostic factors.