pneumonectomy

[ UK /njˌuːmənˈɛktəmˌi/ ]
NOUN
  1. surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)
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How To Use pneumonectomy In A Sentence

  • Adzick NS, Harrison MR, Hu LM, Davies P, Reid LM: Compensatory lung growth after pneumonectomy in fetal lambs: A morphometric study. Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation publications
  • Methods 70 cases of total pneumonectomy with preandand lung function.
  • For cancer of the pleura pleural mesotheliomaa lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy. Patrick Dougherty and the Trees of Civic Center
  • Whatever the case may be, it is clear that surgical treatment for operable lung cancer has come a far way since its formidable beginning of pneumonectomy in 1933.
  • The first, pneumonectomy, is a full resection of the affected lung.
  • We routinely use a 4.8-mm stapling device to close the main bronchus after pneumonectomy.
  • METHODS: We reviewed 50 consecutive patients undergoing extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma in our institution between January 1993 and March 2005.
  • The subjects were consecutive patients who required pneumonectomy or lobectomy for small peripheral lung nodules; they were not selected to represent an obstructed and nonobstructed group.
  • Patients with peripheral tumors with or without metastases to hilar nodes are usually treated with surgical lobectomy or pneumonectomy.
  • In left - sided pneumonectomy patients, R volumes were normal whereas L ejection fraction was abnormally low.
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