Operative treatment of refractory superior vena cava syndrome.
Left sapheno-axillary vein bypass is effective in relieving the signs and symptoms of superior vena cava obstruction. As the operation can be performed easily under local anesthesia, it should probably be used more often than indicated by a review of the literature. The authors present a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma who experienced excellent results.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior