[A case report of aortic wall reconstruction utilizing heparin-coated temporary bypass tube and roller pump system]

Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1992 Mar;40(3):419-22.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 51-year-old man with stage IIIB (T4N2M0) adenocarcinoma of the lung underwent left pneumonectomy and aortic wall resection. In this operation a heparin-coated tube and roller pump system were used. Advantages of a heparin-coated tube and roller pump system for temporary bypass are as follows. 1) simple operative procedure. 2) controllable bypass flow. 3) no need for anticoagulants.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Assisted Circulation* / methods
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Heparin / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Pneumonectomy

Substances

  • Heparin