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Published on: July 3, 2025
Extended pleurectomy decortication for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Alexander Maat1, Andras Durko2, Daniel Thuijs3
1Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Dokter Molewaterplein 40 3015GD Rotterdam The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a cancer of the mesothelial cells lining the pleural sac. Surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma should be part of a multimodality treatment approach and the aim of surgery should be macroscopic complete tumor resection. Lung-sparing operations, such as extended pleurectomy decortication, have gained increasing popularity in the past decade. This video tutorial illustrates the main steps of extended pleurectomy decortication for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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