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Tumor involving the carina is a real challenge to thoracic surgeons due to the complexity of airway reconstruction and management. Carinal resection is a safe procedure in highly selected patients with acceptable morbidity and mortality and good long-term survival. A 32-year-old lady with adenoid cystic carcinoma arising from the left main bronchus underwent carinal pneumonectomy using a combined thoracotomy and midline sternotomy approach without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Dr. Nainar Madhu Sankar, Dr. Robert Coelho, Dr. Gopal Murugesan, Dr. Noveen Davidson, Dr. Mridula Manikandan, and Dr. Sezhiyan Thandavarayan contributed equally to this work.
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Sankar, N.M., Coelho, R., Murugesan, G. et al. Combined approach for a left pneumonectomy and carinal reconstruction. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 38, 559–561 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-022-01397-0
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