Esophagectomy following a left pneumonectomy

Elias Saikaly; Fahim Abi Fadel; Fouad Zankoul; Moussa Abi Ghanem; Ziad El Rassi

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

Esophagectomy following a left pneumonectomy

Elias Saikaly, Fahim Abi Fadel, Fouad Zankoul, Moussa Abi Ghanem, Ziad El Rassi

Abstract :

A surgical challenge, that any thoracic surgeon can be exposed to, is transthoracic esophagectomy post pneumonectomy. It has been rarely described in the literature.

Herein, we report a case of a 68 year old female patient, with history of left lung adenocarcinoma treated by left pneumonectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, admitted for surgical management of a second primary esophageal cancer by esophagectomy.