One-Stage Ascending, Arch, and Descending Thoracic Aorta Replacement Through Median Sternotomy / 대한흉부외과학회지

ABSTRACT

In patient with severe adhesion between lung and aorta, there is some limitation in approaching the distal arch or descending thoracic aorta through the usual left thoracotomy. We report a case of a successfully managed distal arch and descending thoracic aortic aneurysm through the median sternotomy without any manipulations of the lung in a 66 year old man who presented hemoptysis.