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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:767
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Is Median Sternotomy an Appropriate Approach to Right Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Mesothelioma?

Ian Hunt, MRCS, Loic Lang-Lazdunski, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Street, SE1 9RT London, UK

(Email: ian.hunt@gstt.nhs.uk).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article of Martin-Ucar and associates [1], and we congratulate their efforts in improving radical surgery for malignant mesothelioma. However we have some concerns regarding the use of a median sternotomy for achieving an extrapleural pneumonectomy.

There is little doubt a median sternotomy provides good exposure for the control and stapling of the right pulmonary veins and artery. The lung apex is . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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