title: Sleeve lobectomy for lung carcinoma in a patient with muscular dystrophy.
abstract: We performed a sleeve lobectomy on a patient with squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung who had poor pulmonary function and could not move his extremities or trunk, due to a muscular dystrophy. Lung cancer in a highly disabled patient can be resected even with a bronchoplastic procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Neurology, National Hyogo Central Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kujime
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugio
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jinnai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*