TY  - JOUR
AU  - Garg, Pankaj Kumar
AU  - Sharma, Sneha
AU  - Arya, Sugandha
AU  - Yendamuri, Sai
PY  - 2018
TI  - Superior vena cava (SVC) resection and reconstruction in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) invasion
JF  - Journal of Xiangya Medicine; Vol 3 (April 2018): Journal of Xiangya Medicine
Y2  - 2018
KW  - 
N2  - Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) infiltrating the superior vena cava (SVC) is a formidable challenge to surgeons in view of significant post-operative morbidity and mortality. Primary tumor infiltration is more common than the involvement by the mediastinal lymph-nodes. However, en bloc resection of SVC, whether partial or circumferential, along with the tumor in appropriately selected patients to achieve oncologically safe resection has acceptable perioperative morbidity, mortality and 5-year survival rates. The aim of this review article is to describe the rationale, the surgical techniques and the outcome in patients with NSCLC involving the SVC.
UR  - https://jxym.amegroups.org/article/view/4467