Abstract
A 68-year-old man with a history of esophageal resection and reconstruction by gastric tube in substernal fashion required aortic root replacement for annuloaortic ectasia and severe aortic regurgitation. The gastric tube attached closely at the manubrium of the sternum and around the xiphoid process, but it positioned leftward slightly at the body of the sternum. At the operation of the aortic root replacement, we decided the lower hemisternotomy approach to avoid injury of the gastric tube. The lower hemisternotomy to access the aortic root provides a useful alternative approach in some cases with substernal reconstruction after surgery of esophageal cancer.
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