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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 44(5): 264-265
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012033
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012033
Case Report
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Sleeve Lobectomy for Lung Carcinoma in a Patient With Muscular Dystrophy
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Publication History
1996
Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)
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.
Key words
Bronchoplasty - Lung cancer - Muscular dystrophy