THORACOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF EFFUSIVE PERICARDIAL DISEASE - INDICATIONS AND TECHNIQUE

被引:28
作者
LIU, HP
CHANG, CH
LIN, PJ
HSIEH, HC
CHANG, JP
HSIEH, MJ
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[1] Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung Medical College, Taipei
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10.1016/0003-4975(94)91663-2
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic technique was evaluated in 28 patients who underwent operation for massive pericardial effusion. Excellent results were obtained using this newly developed approach for inspection of all pericardial surfaces as well as pleural and pulmonary disorders. No perioperative or postoperative complications ensued. Videothoracoscopy revealed positive lung malignancies in 11 patients, and these would not have been promptly diagnosed without thoracoscopy. Thoracoscopy also confirmed metastatic deposits on the pleura and diaphragm in 4 other patients. The visible nodules were proved to be metastatic adenocarcinoma. In 13 patients, thoracoscopy did not reveal malignancy, although 2 of these patients had a clinically suspected malignant lung tumor. Other indications for thoracoscopic drainage included 2 patients with impending pericardial tamponade after heart procedures and 6 patients with recurrent/loculated pericardial effusion. All of the patients showed promising and favorable postoperative courses after thoracoscopy. From our experience, video-assisted thoracoscopy was a safe and effective procedure, especially for those patients with combined pericardial effusion and abnormal pulmonary or pleural pathology in whom subxiphoid pericardial window was not clearly diagnostic at the time of operation. It was effective also in the situation with recurrent or loculated pericardial effusion which allowed localization and drainage of it. We believe that the use of videothoracoscopy to visualize the whole pericardial and pleural cavity will continue to be of great benefit to patients with combined pericardial and pleural/lung diseases.
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