Sleeve lobectomy for lung carcinoma in a patient with muscular dystrophy

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1996 Oct;44(5):264-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1012033.

Abstract

We performed a sleeve lobectomy on a patient with squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung who had poor pulmonary function and could not move his extremities or trunk, due to a muscular dystrophy. Lung cancer in a highly disabled patient can be resected even with a bronchoplastic procedure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscular Dystrophies / complications*
  • Muscular Dystrophies / pathology
  • Muscular Dystrophies / rehabilitation
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*