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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121:813
© 2001 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communications

Pleuroperitoneal shunts and tumor seeding

Isabelle Baeyens, MD, Richard G. Berrisford, ChM, FRCS(CTh), Exeter, United Kingdom

From the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom.

Received for publication Aug 2, 2000. Accepted for publication Aug 31, 2000. Address for reprints: R. G. Berrisford, ChM, FRCS(CTh), Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter EX2 5DW, United Kingdom (E-mail: richard@berrisford.u-net.com).

The Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt (Denver Biomedical, Golden, Colo) has been advocated as an effective and low-morbidity treatment for recurrent malignant pleural effusions.Go Go 1,2 Respiratory symptoms are effectively palliated in most patients, without any further treatment for their effusion required. Tumor seeding in malignant pleural mesothelioma has been reported for invasive procedures, such as needle thoracocentesis, thoracoscopy, and use of chest tubes.Go Go 3,4 To our knowledge, malignant seeding along the tract of a pleuroperitoneal shunt has not . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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