Pericardiectomy using an ultrasonic dissector.
We report the case of a 73-year-old man on whom we performed pericardiectomy for calcified constrictive pericarditis using an ultrasonic dissector. It seems unlikely that others have not used the technique, but it does not feature in the standard operative descriptions.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital and Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
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D000368:Aged; D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation