Pericardial-peritoneal window: a novel palliative treatment for malignant and recurrent cardiac tamponade.
Transdiaphragmatic approach to the pericardium through a subxiphoid incision is a safe, rapid, and effective way to obtain drainage of the pericardium fluid in patient of disseminated malignancy with recurrent cardiac tamponade. No drainage tubes are needed; pericardial fluid is absorbed by the peritoneum; there is no need for double lumen tubes for single lung ventilation and the subxiphoid incisions are small and almost painless.
Department of Surgical Oncology, Grecian Cancer and Superspeciality Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India.
Ashwin Anand
AA
Kallianpur
Shivpreet Singh
SS
Samra
Vinod
V
Nimbran
Rakesh
R
Gupta
Cherian
C
Akkarappatty
Nidhi
N
Gupta
Gaurav
G
Gupta
Diaphragm; Malignancy; Palliative; Pericardial window techniques; Tamponade