Curative surgery for gastric cancer in a patient with an implantable left ventricular assist device.
The number of patients with end-stage heart failure treated by a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is dramatically increasing, because the LVAD has been widely accepted for its clinical results. According to the initiation of destination therapy, the prevalence of malignancy in patients with an LVAD is estimated to increase. In patients with LVADs, abdominal surgery for visceral malignancy is associated with technical difficulties because of the presence of an LVAD pump or the driveline which is located transversely in the preperitoneal space. Herein, we describe the technical management for complete resection of gastric cancer in a patient with an LVAD.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yuki
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0850-5818
Y
Nakamura
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Koichi
K
Toda
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Teruya
T
Nakamura
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Shigeru
S
Miyagawa
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yasushi
Y
Yoshikawa
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Satsuki
S
Fukushima
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Shunsuke
S
Saito
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Daisuke
D
Yoshioka
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Keitaro
K
Domae
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Tsuyoshi
T
Takahashi
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Tadayoshi
T
Hashimoto
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yuichiro
Y
Doki
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. sawa@surg1.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Yoshiki
Y
Sawa
D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
Abdominal surgery; Ventricular assist device; Visceral malignancy