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Apostolos Nakas
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive tumor of the pleura. Extended pleurectomy and decortication is a lung sparing cytoreductive procedure used in the management of this disease for curative intent. In 2011, the International Association...
Urgent pneumonectomy for benign disease is rare but highly morbid, with a perioperative mortality approaching 50 percent. Late postpneumonectomy empyema (PPE) with bronchopleural fistula (BPF) poses a significant therapeutic challenge...
Patient selection A 57-year-old woman was initially admitted to hospital four months prior with a right temporal infarct with hemorrhagic transformation, complicated by venous sinus thrombosis. She required repeated craniotomies...
Apostolos Nakas of the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, UK, presents an overview of the surgical treatment of mesothelioma. Dr Nakas focuses on extended pleurectomy decortication, which is being evaluated in...
Apostolos Nakas of Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom, provides a detailed overview of the surgical treatment options for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Citing experience from his high-volume clinic and trial data,...