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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 46, 686-687, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Superior vena cava bypass: use of the azygos vein

AW Lee, CE Reed and JM Kratz
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.

Unexpected involvement of the superior vena cava with dense inflammatory and fibrous tissue was encountered during right pneumonectomy for a T3 N0 M0 squamous cell carcinoma. After expeditiously completing the lung resection, the azygos vein was utilized for a successful superior vena cava bypass.




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