Inoue H, Shohtsu A, Koide S, Ogawa J, Inoue H. Resection of the superior vena cava for primary lung cancer: 5 years' survival.
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;
50:661-2. [PMID:
2222061 DOI:
10.1016/0003-4975(90)90213-p]
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Abstract
We describe a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung that required a resection of the superior vena cava combined with a tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy. The superior vena cava was totally replaced with a polytetrafluoroethylene graft with 115 minutes cross-clamping of the superior vena cava. The patient remains healthy and the polytetrafluoroethylene graft remains patent 5 years 4 months after operation.
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