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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
[Extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma and primary lung cancer]
Satoshi Yamamoto1, T Shirakusa
1Department of Second Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Abstract:
The extrapleural pneumonectomy for 6 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma and 2 patients with primary lung cancer have been performed in our unit in those 10 years. Range of the age was 48-57 year-old. All of them were male and have been in occupational asbestos exposure. The mean survival time after extrapleural pneumonectomy was 620 days. In those, we experienced a case of malignant mesothelioma with excellent reduction by induction therapy of cisplatin+docetaxel hydrate, who underwent the extrapleural pneumonectomy continuously. We mentioned more over about the role of extrapleural pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer with pleural dissemination, and intrapleural perfusion hyperthermo-therapy for malignant mesothelioma.
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