title: [Surgical resection for T4 lung cancer invading thoracic aorta].
abstract: The prognosis of the lung cancer patients with aortic invasion is thought to be very poor in general. Thoracic aorta resection and reconstruction was performed in 6 patients, aortic arch in 2, descending aorta in 4. An intraoperative and a postoperative major complication occurred in each 1 patient. Five patients survived more than 1 year after operation, and 1 of them has been living without relapse for more than 5 years. Pulmonary resection with the involved aorta can be done safely using cardiopulmonary bypass, with encouraging long-term survivals in patients without N2 or N3 nodal metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of First Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takamochi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Funai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shundo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*