Reconstruction of a dominant vertebral artery during resection of a superior sulcus tumour with an incomplete circle of Willis | Zendy

Masatsugu Hamaji | Zendy; Takeshi Kubo | Zendy; Kenji Minatoya | Zendy; Hiroshi Date | Zendy

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Reconstruction of a dominant vertebral artery during resection of a superior sulcus tumour with an incomplete circle of Willis

Author(s) -

Masatsugu Hamaji,

Takeshi Kubo,

Kenji Minatoya,

Hiroshi Date

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezy219

Subject(s) - medicine , vertebral artery , subclavian artery , chemoradiotherapy , vertebra , radiology , sulcus , resection , surgery , radiation therapy

A 74-year-old man presented with a left superior sulcus tumour invading the subclavian artery. After induction chemoradiotherapy, he underwent a vertebral artery reconstruction in addition to the subclavian artery reconstruction via a transmanubrial approach and video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy. The final pathology was ypT4N0M0 adenocarcinoma. The technical aspects and indication for a vertebral artery reconstruction are discussed in this article.

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