01 May 2021
: Case report 
Aggressive Resection of Malignant Paraaortic and Pelvic Tumors Accompanied by Arterial Reconstruction with Synthetic Arterial Graft
Unusual setting of medical care
Ryotaro Tani1BDF, Tomohide Hori1ABCDEF*, Hidekazu Yamamoto1DF, Hideki Harada1DF, Michihiro Yamamoto1DF, Masahiro Yamada1DF, Takefumi Yazawa1DF, Ben Sasaki1DF, Masaki Tani1DF, Asahi Sato1DF, Hikotaro Katsura1DF, Yasuyuki Kamada1DF, Ryuhei Aoyama1DF, Yudai Sasaki1DF, Masazumi Zaima1ADFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931569
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931569
Table 3. Postoperative courses and prognostic outcomes after aggressive resection accompanied with arterial reconstruction using SAG.
| Case | Adjuvant chemotherapy* [POD] | Postoperative hospital stay [day] | Patency of SAG** | Postoperative recurrence*** | Prognosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target site | Timing [year] | Survival*** [year] | Duration**** [year] | Current status | ||||
| 1 | Yes (14) | 23 | Yes | Lung and mediastinal LN | 1.3 | 5.9 | 3.6 | Dead |
| 2 | Yes (18) | 32 | Yes | Mediastinal LN | 1.6 | 9.0 | 8.9 | Alive |
| 3 | Yes (26) | 16 | Yes | Lung | 0.5 | 9.4 | 6.7 | Alive |
| 4 | Yes (43) | 21 | Yes | Peritoneal space | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | Alive |
| 5 | No | 11 | Yes | Cervical and mediastinal LNs, lung and bone | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.8 | Dead |
| 6 | Yes (52) | 12 | Yes | Lung and liver | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.8 | Dead |
| 7 | No | 16 | Yes | Peritoneal space and lung | 2.9 | 9.2 | 6.0 | Dead |
| * Adjuvant chemotherapy after intentional resection accompanied with arterial reconstruction using SAG and the POD when adjuvant chemotherapy was introduced; ** the latest imaging studies; *** recurrence and prognosis after diagnosis of the primary disease; **** recurrence and prognosis after intentional resection accompanied with arterial reconstruction using SAG. LN – lymph node; POD – postoperative day; SAG – synthetic arterial graft. | ||||||||