title: Easy dissection of hard and thickened pericardium on constrictive pericarditis.
abstract: The keys to successful pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis are early operation and as complete a pericardiectomy as possible. With the high-speed burr it is easy and safe to dissect the calcified pericardium and define the epicardium even in a small operative field such as the inferior or posterior portion of the heart. This method has the important ability to perform very complete pericardiectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minohara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D004210:Dissection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000601:surgery*