SIMULTANEOUS REPAIR OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM AND RESECTION OF BRONCHOGENIC-CARCINOMA - REPORT OF A CASE

A 69-year-old man successfully underwent simultaneous repair of an abd ominal aortic aneurysm and resection of bronchogenic carcinoma during the same operation. Pulmonary lobectomy was performed following comple te closure of the abdomen after aneurysmectomy to prevent any contamin ation. If the patients are carefully selected, an operation for abdomi nal aortic aneurysm and bronchogenic carcinoma can be safely performed with the advantage of treating both lesions simultaneously and thus s paring the patients from having to undergo the physical and psychosoma tic pain, as well as the risk, of a second operation.