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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2010; 16(6): 740-744
Published online Feb 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i6.740
Published online Feb 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i6.740
Pericardiocentesis with cisplatin for malignant pericardial effusion and tamponade
Takatsugu Oida, Kenji Mimatsu, Hiso Kano, Atsushi Kawasaki, Youichi Kuboi, Nobutada Fukino, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan
Sadao Amano, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Kami-cho, Oyaguchi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 177-0023, Japan
Author contributions: Oida T, Mimatsu K, Kano H, Kawasaki A, Kuboi Y and Fukino N carried out the operation and were consultants overseeing the patient’s care; Oida T wrote the manuscript; Amano S drafted the manuscript and revised it critically.
Correspondence to: Takatsugu Oida, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan. ooida.takatsugu@yokochu.jp
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Received: October 22, 2009
Revised: November 24, 2009
Accepted: December 1, 2009
Published online: February 14, 2010
Revised: November 24, 2009
Accepted: December 1, 2009
Published online: February 14, 2010
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