Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Invading the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Surgical Resection Without Using Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Without Cross-Clamping the Aorta: Long-Term Follow-Up of 2 Cases.

Lung cancer can sometimes invade vital adjacent mediastinal structures, such as the descending thoracic aorta. We describe 2 cases where pulmonary resection was performed en bloc including a patch of the descending thoracic aorta. These procedures were easily performed using an aortic endoprosthesis in the same anesthetic procedure.