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[Case performed: simultaneous surgery for left coronary ostial stenosis and gastric cancer]
H Midorikawa1, A Tsuda, K Satoh
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Daiichi Hospital, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|December 24, 1997
Abstract:
This report describes a case in which a 68-year-old male underwent two operations simultaneously for left coronary ostial stenosis and gastric cancer. Successfully performed procedures were a single coronary artery grafting with the saphenous vein to the left anterior descending artery, and a subtotal gastrectomy using the Billroth II method. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged from the hospital in good condition after 42 days. At present, one-year postoperative, the patient has been visiting the outpatient clinic in healthy condition.