Double prosthetic replacement of pulmonary artery and superior vena cava and sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer.
We present a case of double prosthetic replacement of the right pulmonary artery and superior vena cava combined with upper sleeve bi-lobectomy for a limited pT4N1 adenocarcinoma occurring in a patient with poor pulmonary reserve, which, to the best of our knowledge, has never been reported before.
Solli
P
P
Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Via Ripamonti 435, 20141, Milan, Italy. piergiorgio.solli@ieo.it
Spaggiari
L
L
Grasso
F
F
Pastorino
U
U
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*