Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer in a Patient with Left Pulmonary Artery Sling.

Keita TakahashiAkihiko OkamuraEn AmadaReiko OtakeRyotaro KozukiTasuku ToihataYu ImamuraMasayuki Watanabe

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2019)

The presence of LPAS in esophageal cancer surgery makes it difficult to dissect the left RLN nodes. We could safely perform curative esophagectomy for an ESCC patient with LPAS using the cervicothoracoscopic approach.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
coronary artery
pulmonary hypertension
case report
pulmonary arterial hypertension
minimally invasive
robot assisted
sentinel lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
prognostic factors
coronary artery disease
urinary incontinence