Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Dec 2010
Case ReportsExtended right pneumonectomy in an adult with a double aortic arch: a therapeutic dilemma.
We report the case of a 69-year-old man presenting with a primary right lung cancer and a complete double aortic arch. An extended right pneumonectomy was successfully performed and the patient remained well at the one-year follow-up. We discuss the surgical approach and the technical considerations imposed by this rare vascular abnormality.