Esophagectomy after pneumonectomy: a surgical challenge

M J Reardon; A L Estrera; L D Conklin; P R Reardon; F C Brunicardi; A C Beall

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01199-6

Esophagectomy after pneumonectomy: a surgical challenge

Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Jan;69(1):286-8. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01199-6.

Authors

M J Reardon¹, A L Estrera, L D Conklin, P R Reardon, F C Brunicardi, A C Beall

Affiliation

¹ Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 10654541
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01199-6

Abstract

Esophagectomy after pneumonectomy has been reported rarely, and the surgical approach presents a challenge. We report a case of a transthoracic esophagectomy in a 54-year-old man who had undergone right pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer 16 years previously.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery
Dissection
Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
Esophagectomy / methods*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
Pneumonectomy*
Thoracotomy