title: Minimally invasive limited pericardiectomy: the hybrid approach.
abstract: This communication describes our clinical experience with the hybrid method, a video-assisted anterior minithoracotomy approach developed for minimally invasive limited pericardiectomy to treat 8 patients with massive pericardial effusion. The average operating time was 37.2 minutes, and there was no procedure-related morbidity or mortality. The mean follow-up period was 5.6 months, and there have been no recurrences. The hybrid approach can be accomplished irrespective of pleural adhesions. It eliminates the need for hemipulmonary collapse, making it more advantageous than the totally port-access thoracoscopic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan. ohtsuka-tho@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyairi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotsuka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording