Sleeve lobectomy for lung carcinoma in a patient with muscular dystrophy

M Okada; H Yamamoto; S Satake; K Kujime; T Sugio; K Jinnai; K Takahashi

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1012033

Sleeve lobectomy for lung carcinoma in a patient with muscular dystrophy

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1996 Oct;44(5):264-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1012033.

Authors

M Okada¹, H Yamamoto, S Satake, K Kujime, T Sugio, K Jinnai, K Takahashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery and Neurology, National Hyogo Central Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 8948557
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012033

Abstract

We performed a sleeve lobectomy on a patient with squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung who had poor pulmonary function and could not move his extremities or trunk, due to a muscular dystrophy. Lung cancer in a highly disabled patient can be resected even with a bronchoplastic procedure.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
Disability Evaluation
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Muscular Dystrophies / complications*
Muscular Dystrophies / pathology
Muscular Dystrophies / rehabilitation
Pneumonectomy / methods*