Surgical strategy for advanced gastric cancer with a concomitant thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm requiring arterial reconstruction of the visceral branches

Surg Today. 2007;37(9):817-21. doi: 10.1007/s00595-007-3517-5. Epub 2007 Aug 27.

Abstract

A 70-year-old man who presented with hematemesis was found to have advanced gastric cancer concomitant with a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA), which involved all branches of the visceral arteries. The patient underwent the following staged operations: first, radical resection of the advanced gastric cancer with simultaneous reconstruction of the visceral branches, followed 1 month later by endovascular aortic replacement of the TAAA. He recovered uneventfully and was discharged without any paralytic complications or sign of graft infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Comorbidity
  • Gastrectomy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome*