title: Partial resection of the aorta and patch plasty with a simple clamping technique in a lung cancer patient.
abstract: A 59-year-old male patient was diagnosed as having lung cancer with a suspected invasion of the descending aorta. A significant response was not obtained after chemotherapy. A left pneumonectomy with partial resection of the aortic wall with simple clamping was done. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey. aetoker@superonline.com
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toker
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanju
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozluk
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003250:Constriction; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures