INTRODUCTION: Recent advances in surgical and anesthesiology techniques allow simultaneous thoracic and abdominal operations to be performed for severe heart disease and benignant or malignant abdominal diseases.
CASE REPORT: The simultaneous surgical management in a 75-year-old patient suffering from severe double coronary artery disease and a renal cell carcinoma with extended intravascular growth into the inferior vena cava is reported.
CONCLUSION: The postoperative course was uneventful. Simultaneous surgery proved to be beneficial and safe, showing optimal results in our patient.
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Grasso M, Blanco S, Formica F, Paolini G, Grasso AA. Are you the author?
Urology Department, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca.
Reference: Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2013 Dec 31;85(4):207-9.
doi: 10.4081/aiua.2013.4.207
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24399123
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