Non-incisional pleurectomy/decortication

Seiki Hasegawa; Masaki Hashimoto; Nobuyuki Kondo; Yoshihiro Miyamoto

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaa012

Non-incisional pleurectomy/decortication

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jul 1;58(1):186-187. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa012.

Authors

Seiki Hasegawa¹, Masaki Hashimoto¹, Nobuyuki Kondo¹, Yoshihiro Miyamoto^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center, Himeji, Japan.

PMID: 32011679
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa012

Abstract

One of the potential disadvantages of conventional pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma is the need for opening the pleural sac, which might worsen survival. In this study, we have introduced non-incisional pleurectomy/decortication as an alternative technique that does not require the opening of the pleural sac.

Keywords: Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Pleurectomy/decortication.

MeSH terms

Humans
Mesothelioma* / surgery
Pleural Neoplasms* / surgery
Thoracic Surgical Procedures*
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome