OBJECTIVE Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) has high mortality and morbidity; radical pleurectomy decortication (P/D) carries less mortality but still significant morbidity. This surgery is not suitable for many patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) for whom video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) offers a minimally invasive alternative. We aimed to assess the role of VATS decorticat...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Previous articles have promoted the early use of thoracotomy and decortication for refractory empyema. This study examines thoracoscopy and decortication at the time of initial chest tube placement in pediatric patients with parapneumonic empyema. DESIGN We reviewed the medical records of 16 consecutive patients who were children with parapneumonic empyema. RESULTS Thirteen...

Berman, Berman and Prescott (1974) documented that paleocerebellar decortication but not neocerebellar decortication transformed an adult pathologically violent mother deprived monkey into a peaceful, social and inquisitive monkey. The paleocerebellum has primary connections with the brain stem and limbic system; the neocerebellum with the cerebral neocortex. http://www.violence.de/berman/artic...

BACKGROUND There are several studies reporting high success rates for surgical and nonsurgical treatments of empyema separately. The aim of current retrospective cohort study is to find the best treatment in low socio-economic areas. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 149 patients were treated in the referring hospital from January 2002 to December 2008. The current retrospective cohort study wa...

PURPOSE An increasing number of thoracic decortications have been performed in Manitoba, from five in 2007 to 45 in 2014. The primary objective of this study was to define the epidemiology of decortications in Manitoba. The secondary objective was to compare patients who underwent decortication due to primary infectious vs non-infectious etiology with respect to their perioperative outcomes. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Renal cysts have a high prevalence in the general population, and their estimated incidence increases with age. Renal cyst aspiration (usually with sclerotherapy) or open/laparoscopic decortication is a generally effective and safe method in the treatment of symptomatic simple renal cysts. The success rates of laparoscopic decortication and percutaneous aspiration-scle...

INTRODUCTION Recently, laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) has been introduced and represents the latest evolution in minimally invasive therapeutic techniques.(1) Several studies have demonstrated that it is a safe and effective therapy for many urological diseases.(2-4) However, LESS decortication for peripelvic cyst is still an infrequently described technique. In this report, we des...