Partial resection of the aorta and patch plasty with a simple clamping technique in a lung cancer patient


Toker A., Tanju S., Ozluk Y., Kaya S.

INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY, cilt.12, sa.5, ss.827-828, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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A 59-year-old male patient was diagnosed as having lung cancer with a suspected invasion of the descending aorta. A significant response was not obtained after chemotherapy. A left pneumonectomy with partial resection of the aortic wall with simple clamping was done. The postoperative course was uneventful. (C) 2011 Published by European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.