title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and left lower lobectomy simultaneously performed via a left postero-lateral thoracotomy.
abstract: A 75-year-old male with angina and a squamous carcinoma of the left lower lobe underwent a single-stage procedure for the treatment of these lesions. Through a left postero-lateral thoracotomy, a left lower lobectomy was performed with systematic nodal dissection including the subcarinal and paraaortic lymph nodes. A reversed saphenous vein segment was used to bypass the left anterior descending artery from the ascending aorta without cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. balaji@talk21.com
authors.forename: Balaji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Badmanaban
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.forename: Alastair N J
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Mazin A I
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sarsam
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*