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Superior vena cava bypass: use of the azygos vein
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
Unexpected involvement of the superior vena cava with dense inflammatory and fibrous tissue was encountered during right pneumonectomy for a T3 N0 M0 squamous cell carcinoma. After expeditiously completing the lung resection, the azygos vein was utilized for a successful superior vena cava bypass.