title: Pericardial closure using fascia lata in patients undergoing pneumonectomy with pericardiectomy.
abstract: In patients undergoing pneumonectomy with concomitant pericardiectomy, patch closure of the defect in the pericardium is required to prevent postoperative cardiac herniation. We used harvested autologous fascia lata as a pericardial patch in such operations on 6 patients with progressive lung cancer after induction chemoradiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan. kageka@hama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nogimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
mesh_terms: D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous