Autologous patch reconstruction to pulmonary artery for left upper lobe tumour
G Haciibrahimoglu1, L Cansever, M Ali Bedirhan
1Yedikule Hospital for Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey. ghaciibrahim@yahoo.com
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|February 13, 2007
Abstract:
A 47-year-old man presented with a cough, sweating and a 14 kg. weight loss. Chest radiography revealed a 5 x 5 cm mass at the left upper lobe. Transthoracic needle biopsy revealed a non-small cell lung cancer. There were no metastases. We performed left upper lobectomy and autologous patch reconstruction of the left pulmonary artery. The patient was discharged on the 4th postoperative day.
