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Pericardioperitoneal shunt: further development of the procedure using VATS technique
Thomas F Molnar1, Barbara Biki, Ors Péter Horváth
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pécs Medical School, Hungary. mft@iseb.pote.hu
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 14, 2002
Abstract:
We report a modification of the previously described VATS (video-assisted thoracic surgical) method of pericardioperitoneal shunt. Our method was used in 5 patients with pericardial tamponade requiring permanent drainage.