LAPAROSCOPIC CREATION OF PERICARDIAL WINDOW

Authors
MANN GB NGUYEN H CORBET J
Citation
Gb. Mann et al., LAPAROSCOPIC CREATION OF PERICARDIAL WINDOW, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 64(12), 1994, pp. 853-855
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
64
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
853 - 855
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1994)64:12<853:LCOPW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Malignant pericardial effusions are frequently symptomatic and usually recur after aspiration. Surgical options include pericardiectomy and transthoracic or subxiphoid pericardial window formation and, more rec ently, thoracoscopic pericardial window formation. The authors report their first four cases of laparoscopic creation of pericardial windows . The treatment has been effective and minimally traumatic.