Aortic valve replacement after esophagectomy with substernal gastric tube and total laryngectomy with tracheostoma.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.089.
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Abstract
A 77-year-old man successfully underwent aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthesis through a right thoracotomy. Right thoracotomy was utilized because the patient had previously undergone esophagectomy with reconstruction of a substernal gastric tube for esophageal cancer as well as total laryngectomy with tracheostoma formation for laryngeal cancer. Thus, even in a situation in which conventional median sternotomy was difficult, a good outcome for aortic valve replacement was achieved through an alternate approach. This case highlights the need to consider patient history when selecting a surgical approach.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Valve
- Aortic Valve Stenosis
- Bioprosthesis
- Esophagectomy
- Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
- Laryngectomy
- Tracheostomy