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lobectomy
Indications:
- lung cancer
Procedure:
- surgical removal of a lobe of the lung
- thoracoscopic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer with similar survival, shorter hospital stays, & fewer complications than open thoracotomy [2]
Related
bronchopulmonary segments
lung volume reduction surgery; lung resection (LVRS)
segmentectomy; wedge resection of lung
Specific
resection of apical lung neoplasm
thorascopy with lobectomy of lung
General
pneumonectomy
References
- Wikipedia: Pneumonectomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonectomy
- Paul S et al.
Long term survival with thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy:
Propensity matched comparative analysis using SEER-Medicare
database.
BMJ 2014 Oct 2; 349:g5575
PMID: 25277994
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5575