General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jul 2015
Interim results of pleurectomy/decortication and intraoperative intrapleural hyperthermic cisplatin perfusion for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma intolerable to extrapleural pneumonectomy.
Surgical procedure for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains controversial. We reviewed our protocol including pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma who were intolerable to extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP). ⋯ P/D and intraoperative intrapleural cisplatin perfusion achieved a favorable macroscopic resection in patients with MPM who were intolerable to EPP. Postoperative complications were manageable and survival could be promising. Further study warrants with a larger number of patients.