title: [Modified trapdoor thoracotomy for lung cancer invading the distal border of the innominate vein].
abstract: A 62-year-old woman suffering from lung cancer of the left upper lobe has a tumor invaded the distal border of the left innominate vein. We resected the vein through trapdoor thoractomy combined with resection of the first rib, followed by a left upper lobectomy through posterolateral thoracotomy. Trapdoor thoracotomy combined with first rib resectioning thus proved useful to resect lung cancer invading the distal border of the innominate vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nomori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horio
mesh_terms: D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012272:Ribs / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*