• J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Apr 2024

    RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HEART AND THE AORTA FOR RADICAL RESECTION OF LUNG CANCER.

    • Antonio D'Andrilli, Giulio Maurizi, Anna Maria Ciccone, Mohsen Ibrahim, Claudio Andreetti, Ilaria De Benedictis, Giovanni Melina, Federico Venuta, and Erino A Rendina.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapienza University, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: adandrilli@hotmail.com.
    • J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2024 Apr 1; 167 (4): 148114891481-1489.

    IntroductionWe report a single-center experience of resection and reconstruction of the heart and aorta infiltrated by lung cancer in order to prove that involvement of these structures is no longer a condition precluding surgery.MethodsTwenty-seven patients underwent surgery for lung cancer presenting full-thickness infiltration of the heart (n = 6) or the aorta (n = 18) and/or the supra-aortic branches (subclavian n = 3). Cardiac reconstruction was performed in 6 patients (5 atrium, 1 ventricle), with (n = 4) or without (n = 2) cardiopulmonary bypass, using a patch prosthesis (n = 4) or with deep clamping and direct suture (n = 2). Aortic or supra-aortic trunk reconstruction (n = 21) was performed using a heart-beating crossclamping technique in 14 cases (8 patch, 4 conduit, 2 direct suture), or without crossclamping by placing an endovascular prosthesis before resection in 7 (4 patch, 3 omental flap reconstruction). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered in 13 patients, adjuvant therapy in 24.ResultsAll resections were complete (R0). Nodal staging of lung cancer was N0 in 14 cases, N1 in 10, N2 in 3. No intraoperative mortality occurred. Major complication rate was 14.8%. Thirty-day and 90-day mortality rate was 3.7%. Median follow-up duration was 22 months. Recurrence rate is 35.4% (9/26: 3 loco-regional, 6 distant). Overall 3- and 5-year survival is 60.9% and 40.6%, respectively.ConclusionsCardiac and aortic resection and reconstruction for full-thickness infiltration by lung cancer can be performed safely with or without cardiopulmonary bypass and may allow long-term survival of adequately selected patients.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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