Sternothoracotomy for combined coronary artery bypass grafting and left upper lobectomy in a patient with low-lying tracheostoma

Authors
Rubens, FD O'Brien, E Shamji, F O'Neil, J Odell, PF
Citation
Fd. Rubens et al., Sternothoracotomy for combined coronary artery bypass grafting and left upper lobectomy in a patient with low-lying tracheostoma, CAN J SURG, 42(2), 1999, pp. 143-144
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
ISSN journal
0008428X → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
143 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-428X(199904)42:2<143:SFCCAB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 64-year-old man had a low-lying tracheostoma and presented with unstable angina and a mass in the pulmonary left upper lobe, Simultaneous coronary r evascularization and resection of the lung neoplasm were completed through a sternothoracotomy (clam-shell) incision, The advantages of this approach in elude excellent exposure to the mediastinum and the lung fields, and the option of using both internal thoracic arteries for bypass grafting.