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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Clinical feature of diagnostic challenging cases for pleural biopsy in patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma
This retrospective study from one hospital in Japan reviewed 400 consecutive patients suspected of having malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). All had a surgical pleural biopsy by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) between 2004 and 2017. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Treatment of bronchial fistula after extraplural pneumonectomy using flexible bronchoscopy with the administration of OK432, fibroblast growth factor basic and fibrin glue sealant
This case report describes one patient, a 49-year-old man with malignant pleural mesothelioma. He had his right lung and surrounding pleura removed (a right extrapleural pneumonectomy) after chemotherapy given before surgery. The article does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Extrapleural pneumonectomy or pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma
This invited review article came from the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Hyogo College of Medicine in Japan. It discussed the choice between two operations for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) removes the lung,…