A case of trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy for bilateral lung cancer

Acta Med Okayama. 1992 Oct;46(5):395-9. doi: 10.18926/AMO/32657.

Abstract

Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy was performed to resect the right upper lobe and the left S1 + 2 + S3, and to complete lymphadenectomy in a 35-year-old female case of lung cancer in whom multiple lesions were suspected. Trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy was considered to be useful for one-stage surgery in patients in whom bilateral lung cancer is suspected or confirmed, because it provides a sufficient surgical field enabling the resection of lung and lymph nodes. This may be the first case report of trans-sternal bilateral thoracotomy to treat multiple primary lung cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thoracotomy / methods*