Surgical Techniques and Long-Term Results of Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction in Patients With Lung Cancer Domenico Galetta, MD, PhD, Alessandro Borri, MD, Roberto Gasparri, MD, Francesco Petrella, MD, Lorenzo Spaggiari, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 1196-1202 (October 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.124 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Intraoperative view of left bronchovascular reconstruction. The pulmonary artery defect is repaired first with a bovine pericardial patch. Bronchial anastomosis is then performed with two running sutures with nonabsorbable monofilament (3-0 Prolene; Ethicon, Somerville, NJ). (B) A pericardial fat pad is used to wrap the bronchial anastomosis and to separate the bronchial from the arterial side, thus avoiding bronchoarterial fistulas. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1196-1202DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.124) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Overall survival. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1196-1202DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.124) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Disease-free interval. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1196-1202DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.124) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Overall survival by stage I and II (solid line) and stage III (dashed line). Stage I and II includes also 7 patients with a complete pathologic response. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1196-1202DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.124) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Overall survival by nodal status N0-N1 (black line) and N2 (dashed line). The group N0-N1 includes also 7 patients with complete pathologic response. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1196-1202DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.124) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions