V-179 Less-invasive approach for macroscopic complete resection in clinically early stage and low-volume malignant pleural mesothelioma

Hintergrund

Macroscopic complete resection (MCR) is the goal of surgery for the multimodal treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Possibly due to systematic health surveillance for former asbestos exposed worker, more patients might be diagnosed with early stage and/or low-volume malignant pleural mesothelioma at our institution. Based on experience in minimally-invasive thoracic debulking surgery in selected ovarian cancer patients, we adopted this approach to clinically early stage and low-volume MPM patients. We report our first experience with less-invasive technique for MPM.

Publication History

Article published online:
06 September 2021