Pericardial closure using fascia lata in patients undergoing pneumonectomy with pericardiectomy

In patients undergoing pneumonectomy with concomitant pericardiectomy, patch closure of the defect in the pericardium is required to prevent postoperative cardiac herniation. We used harvested autologous fascia lata as a pericardial patch in such operations on 6 patients with progressive lung cancer after induction chemoradiotherapy.