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Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:233-235
© 1994 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pericardiectomy using an ultrasonic dissector

Mathew Ninan, FRCS(Ed), Tom Treasure, FRCS*

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital and Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication November 5, 1993.

* Address reprint requests to Mr Treasure, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London SW17 OQT, United Kingdom.

We report the case of a 73-year-old man on whom we performed pericardiectomy for calcified constrictive pericarditis using an ultrasonic dissector. It seems unlikely that others have not used the technique, but it does not feature in the standard operative descriptions.




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