Determination of the best surgical strategy for thoracic esophageal resection concurrent with double aortic arch using a three-dimensional model: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A double aortic arch (DAA) is a relatively rare vascular malformation, which rarely causes problems once the patients reach adulthood. However, a DAA makes an esophageal cancer surgery difficult to perform, especially during upper mediastinal dissection. Herein, we report a strategy for surgery in esophageal cancer patients concurrent with DAA.

Case description

A 73-year-old man was diagnosed with middle thoracic esophageal cancer of cT3N4M0 stage III (UICC-TNM 7th) concurrent with DAA. After two courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgical intervention was planned. To develop a surgical strategy for an esophagectomy with this complicated malformation, we created a three-dimensional printer model for this case. According to this simulation, the bilateral thoracos

SUBMITTER: Hamada K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552251 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature