title: Two-stage bronchoplasty for synchronous contralateral lung cancers.
abstract: A 62-year-old male with two synchronous squamous-cell carcinoma was successfully treated in two stages by right upper sleeve lobectomy and left S6 sleeve segmentectomy. The patient remains well without recurrence two years after surgery. Bronchoplastic surgery is an effective approach for multicentric hilar cancers with poor pulmonary function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Koseiren Takaoka Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunezuka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013997:Time Factors