Surgical Options for Complete Resectable Lung Cancer Invading the Phrenic Nerve |
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| Authors: | W. Willaert R. Kessler G. Deneffe |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Surgery,University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000, Belgium;2. Department of Pneumology, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium;3. Emeritus Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | We describe a 58-year-old male diagnosed with a tumour of the left lung, which on subsequent thoracotomy proved to be invading the phrenic nerve. The clinical and spirometric outcome of a lobectomy, which resulted in a postoperative ipsilateral hemidiaphragmatic paralysis, versus the alternative surgical option of a pneumonectomy is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Lung cancer surgery phrenic nerve diaphragmatic paralysis pneumonectomy lobectomy |
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