Superior vena cava resection in thoracic malignancies: does prosthetic replacement pose a higher risk?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 764-769

  Leo, Francesco ^a   Bellini, Roberto ^a   Conti, Barbara ^a   Delledonne, Vincenzo ^a   Tavecchio, Luca ^a   Pastorino, Ugo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung surgery; Mediastinum; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA RESECTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX CANCER; THROMBOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 77949489202     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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