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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:921-922
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pericardial window

Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCS (Ed) a , * , Antonello La Rocca, MD a , Carmine La Manna, MD a , Francesco Scognamiglio, MD a , Massimiliano D'Aiuto, MD a , Raj Jutley, MD, FRCS b , Nicola Martucci, MD a

a Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation, Naples, Italy
b The Price Thomas Thoracic Unit, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Received for publication November 3, 2005; revisions received November 30, 2005; accepted for publication December 9, 2005.

* Address for reprints: Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCS (Ed), FECTS, Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation, Via M Semmola, 81 80131, Naples, Italy. (Email: Gaetano.Rocco@btopenworld.com).

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Gaetano Rocco, Antonello La Rocca, Francesco Scognamiglio, Massimiliano D'Aiuto, Raj Jutley, and Nicola Martucci


Pericardial effusions often complicate the course of end-stage malignant conditions. 1 Go When frequent pericardiocentheses are required, a pericardial window is indicated to permanently relieve tamponade symptoms. In patients with acceptable performance status, such a procedure has been performed either through an open or a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach with excellent results. 1 Go

Between January 2002 and September 2005, 4 patients (2 women and 2 men; median age 46 years) with malignant pleuropericardial effusions (2 from breast cancer and 2 from lymphoma) had uniportal VATS pericardial window. In 1 patient with lymphoma, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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