title: A case of trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy for bilateral lung cancer.
abstract: Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy was performed to resect the right upper lobe and the left S1 + 2 + S3, and to complete lymphadenectomy in a 35-year-old female case of lung cancer in whom multiple lesions were suspected. Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy was considered to be useful for one-stage surgery in patients in whom bilateral lung cancer is suspected or confirmed, because it provides a sufficient surgical field enabling the resection of lung and lymph nodes. This may be the first case report of trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy to treat multiple primary lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsutani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teramoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*