Double prosthetic replacement of pulmonary artery and superior vena cava and sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001 Nov;20(5):1045-8. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00908-3.

Abstract

We present a case of double prosthetic replacement of the right pulmonary artery and superior vena cava combined with upper sleeve bi-lobectomy for a limited pT4N1 adenocarcinoma occurring in a patient with poor pulmonary reserve, which, to the best of our knowledge, has never been reported before.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Aged
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / surgery*