Treatment of Superior Vena Caval Occlusion by Arterial Graft

Abstract

mentally to indicate its value in prolonging the safe period of aortic occlusion. Thus, Beattie and associates 5a found that, while hindquarter paralysis occurred in 4 of 10 dogs when the thoracic aorta was occluded for one hour, there was only one questionable instance of hind-

Surgery in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Lung Carcinoma

“…Ashburn, Sewell, and Huggins (1956) reported a patient alive and working seven months after pneumonectomy, caval excision, and replacement Thomas (1959) described caval transection with anastomosis after pneumonectomy in two patients. Holman and Steinberg (1954) and Scannell and Shaw (1954) have discussed caval replacement. Botham, Dracopoulos, and Gale (1960) made a preliminary report on the use of a sponge Teflon prosthesis for superior vena caval replacement in dogs.…”