The extent of resection—lobectomy, bilobar resection, or pneumonectomy is determined principally by the location and size of the tumor [1]. Pneumonectomy is required in approximately 10% of pulmonary ...

The invaluable part-time Helderberg Hospice employee underwent a life-saving pneumonectomy in November 1999, just two months after giving birth to her second daughter. The procedure entailed removing ...

Of the 41 patients that proceeded to surgery, 36 (88%) were accessed minimally invasively (conversion rate 22%). Lobectomy was the most common resection (35 [85%]) with a single pneumonectomy (2.4%).

肺切除术常用于肺部占位、肺结节、支气管扩张、难治性肺脓肿和肺结核的治疗，但由于术中单肺通气、手术切除肺组织等原因，可能发生术后肺损伤和并发症并影响患者康复。本文对肺切除术常见并发症及其危险因素和防治措施进行了介绍。肺切除术的并发症心律失常心律失常是肺 ...

Treatment for lung cancer varies according to age, type of cancer, extent of disease, tolerance to medication and patient preference. Treatment options include a combination of surgery, radiation, ...

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Lobectomy involves removing an entire lobe of a lung. Pneumonectomy is the removal of the entire lung. Sleeve resection is the removal of part of major air passages of the lungs. Lymph node biopsy ...

Chemotherapy. Hormonal therapy for cancer as recorded on the cancer registry. Cancer-related surgery: Lung—resection, for example, pneumonectomy or lobectomy. Colorectal—haemicolectomy, colectomy, ...