The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
Online ISSN : 1881-4158
Print ISSN : 0919-0945
ISSN-L : 0919-0945
Collaborative operation with cardiovascular surgeons in general thoracic surgery
Noriyasu UsamiTetsuo TaniguchiYoshinori IshikawaKoji KawaguchiTakayuki FukuiTetsuya MizunoFutoshi IshiguroShota NakamuraKohei Yokoi
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2013 Volume 27 Issue 4 Pages 410-416

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From January 2002 to July 2011, among 1,864 general thoracic surgeries, 53 (2.8%) operations were carried out collaboratively with cardiovascular surgeons in our department. Among patients who received a collaborative operation, 40 were men and 13 were women. Ages of the patients ranged from 18 to 77 years, with a mean of 57 years. In 34 patients, collaborative operations were planned from the preoperative assessments. On the other hand, the remaining 19 patients required the urgent contribution of cardiovascular surgeons due to unpredictable tumor invasion to the great vessels or uncontrollable bleeding. There was no mortality. It is very important to maintain a close relationship with cardiovascular surgeons for safe operations and education in the area of general thoracic surgery.

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