title: Management of a Left Internal Thoracic Artery Graft Injury during Left Thoracotomy for Thoracic Surgery.
abstract: There have been some recent reports on the surgical treatment of lung cancer in patients following previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Use of internal thoracic artery graft is a gold standard in cardiac surgery with superior long-term patency. Left internal thoracic artery graft is usually patent during left lung resection in patients who present to the surgeon with an operable lung cancer. We have presented our institutional experience with left-sided thoracic surgery in patients who have had previous coronary artery surgery with a patent internal thoracic artery graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Townsville Hospital, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oates
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Townsville Hospital, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Townsville Hospital, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Electronic address: pankaj.saxena@uwa.edu.au.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy
keywords: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.; Internal thoracic artery; Lung cancer