title: Techniques of pneumonectomy. Pleural pneumonectomy.
abstract: This article reviews the preoperative assessment and selection of patients for extrapleural pneumonectomy, the surgical technique, and recent data outlining our experience with multimodality therapy for MPM.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sugarbaker
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Grondin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*