title: Simultaneous pneumonectomy and esophagectomy in an elderly patient.
abstract: Reports of simultaneous pneumonectomy and esophagectomy for synchronous lung and esophageal carcinoma are extremely rare. We report on a 64-year-old male patient with lung adenocarcinoma who was originally scheduled to undergo a left pneumonectomy. During the operation, an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was discovered in the mid-thoracic esophagus. Thus, a simultaneous left pneumonectomy and esophagectomy was performed, and part of the pericardium was sutured to the tunica adventitia of the descending aorta using a "net-making" method for prevention postoperative dilatation of the stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Chenglin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Jiandong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Chengwu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Lunxu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Esophageal neoplasms; esophagectomy; lung neoplasms; pneumonectomy