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Pleurectomy and decortication.

Ann Transl Med

June 2017

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Health System and Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA.

Pleurectomy and decortication (P/D) improve survival and quality of life in selected patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. The operative procedure was not standardized until recently. The goal of the operation is to perform a macroscopic complete resection of the tumor.

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