JTCS KCI
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Carol Tan
Tom Treasure
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Lang-Lazdunski, L.
Right arrow Articles by Treasure, T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Lang-Lazdunski, L.
Right arrow Articles by Treasure, T.
Related Collections
Right arrow Pleura

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;129:1202
© 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letters to the Editor

Extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant mesothelioma: Should pericardium be resected routinely?

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, MD, PhD, FRCS, Carol Tan, MRCS, Tom Treasure, MD, MS, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Sugarbaker and colleagues1 in the July issue of the Journal. This study reports their extensive experience with the management of complications occurring after extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) done mainly for malignant mesothelioma. It is clear from the Sugarbaker article that technical complications might arise from the resection and replacement of the pericardium with a patch, such as size mismatch, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2005 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery.