PERICARDIAL CLOSURE USING FASCIA LATA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PNEUMONECTOMY WITH PERICARDIECTOMY

Authors
KAGEYAMA Y SUZUKI K MATSUSHITA K NOGIMURA H KAZUI T
Citation
Y. Kageyama et al., PERICARDIAL CLOSURE USING FASCIA LATA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PNEUMONECTOMY WITH PERICARDIECTOMY, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 66(2), 1998, pp. 586-587
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
66
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
586 - 587
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)66:2<586:PCUFLI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
In patients undergoing pneumonectomy with concomitant pericardiectomy, patch closure of the defect in the pericardium is required to prevent postoperative cardiac herniation. We used harvested autologous fascia lata as a pericardial patch in such operations on 6 patients with pro gressive lung cancer after induction chemoradiotherapy. (C) 1998 by Th e Society of Thoracic Surgeons.