ArticleSurgery today2016
Is left upper lobectomy for lung cancer a risk factor for cerebral infarction?
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- Multicenter Randomized Trial to Prevent Pulmonary Vein Stump Thrombus After Left-Sided Anatomical Lung Resection.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2026Article
- Prophylactic protocol for cerebral infarction after left upper lobectomy and prospective analysis of pulmonary vein stump thrombosis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Impact of Left Atrial Hemodynamics on the Development of Pulmonary Vein Stump Thrombus: Results of Early and Late Postoperative Studies.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2026Article
- Proximal ligation of the pulmonary vein stump to prevent postoperative cerebral infarction after a lobectomy†.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025Article
- Association between left atrial function and pulmonary vein stump thrombus after left upper lobectomy: insights from cine-MRI.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Caused by Pulmonary Vein Stump Thrombosis after Thoracoscopic Left Upper Lobectomy.Surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Pulmonary vein stump thrombosis and organ infarction after lung lobectomy.Journal of anesthesia · 2024Review
- Intrapericardial Pulmonary Vein Ligation to Prevent Stump Thrombosis During Left Upper Lobectomy.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2024Article
- Proximal ligation technique prevents thrombus formation in the pulmonary vein stump after lobectomy.Surgery today · 2024Article
- Postoperative cerebral infarction and arrhythmia after pulmonary lobectomy in Japan: a retrospective analysis of 77,060 cases in a national clinical database.Surgery today · 2023Article
- Thrombus formation at the stump of the pulmonary vein after lobectomy: a prospective multi-institutional study.Surgery today · 2023Article
- Internal carotid bulb occlusion by a giant thrombus after thoracoscopic left upper lung lobectomy successfully treated with endovascular stenting: a case report.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery cases · 2023Article
- Stagnating blood flow related to thrombus formation in pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2023Article
- Acute bilateral renal infarction after left upper pulmonary lobectomy: a case report.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery cases · 2023Article
- Wallenberg syndrome in a patient after pulmonary resection: a case report.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery cases · 2023Article
- Risk factors for postoperative cerebral infarction in Lung Cancer patients: a retrospective study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Article
- Left atrial CT volume and CHAScientific reports · 2023Article
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- Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke due to Thrombus in the Pulmonary Vein Stump after Left Pulmonary Lobectomy: A Case Series.Neurointervention · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeCerebral infarction is a rare complication of lung resection that can result in severe sequelae. Our aim was to investigate the characteristics of patients who suffer from cerebral infarction after surgery for lung cancer.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed all patients who underwent resection of at least a single lobe for lung cancer at our institution between January 2008 and October 2013. We compared the patients who presented with cerebral infarction with those patients who did not within 30 days of surgery.
resultsA total of 562 patients underwent surgery, with five males and one female subsequently experiencing cerebral infarction. Five patients underwent left upper lobectomy and one underwent left lower lobectomy. Patient age, sex, body mass index, smoking index, and operative time were not significantly different between the six patients with postoperative cerebral infarction and the other 556 patients; only the type of operative procedure was significantly different (p < 0.001). Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed thrombosis in the stump of the left superior pulmonary vein in patients with postoperative cerebral infarction.
conclusionsCerebral infarction occurs at a high frequency in patients who undergo left upper lobectomy for lung cancer. Thrombosis in the left superior pulmonary-vein stump might cause cerebral infarction.
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