A pneumonectomy (or pneumectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove a lung. It was first successfully performed in 1933 by Dr. Evarts Graham. This is not...

thoracotomy is the first step in thoracic surgeries including lobectomy or pneumonectomy for lung cancer or to gain thoracic access in major trauma. There are...

physicians Ludwig Aschoff and Ferdinand Sauerbruch. He completed the first pneumonectomy by a Western physician in 1931. In 1948, he performed an abdominal surgery...

century saw further innovation of new procedures, such as the first-ever pneumonectomy performed by Evarts Graham in 1933. A breakthrough in minimally invasive...

caused by a number of both acute and chronic health issues, such as pneumonectomy, atelectasis, pleural effusion, fibrothorax (pleural fibrosis), or some...

development of bone graft surgery, the surgical treatment of hernia and of pneumonectomy (removal of the lungs). Macewen was born near Port Bannatyne, near Rothesay...

straight or bent. This position is also required postoperatively for pneumonectomy patients. This position is known colloquially as "sitting up". This...

large series, the median survival with surgery (including extrapleural pneumonectomy) was only 11.7 months. However, research indicates varied success when...

for Occult Constrictive Cardiac Physiology After Left Extrapleural Pneumonectomy". Chest. 122 (6): 2256–9. doi:10.1378/chest.122.6.2256. PMID 12475875...

fistula between the pleural space and the lung. It can develop following pneumonectomy, lung ablation, post-traumatically, or with certain types of infection...

hypertension, treatment is necessary. Hemoptysis can be treated by pneumonectomy or embolization of systemic-to-pulmonary collateral arteries. Surgical...

the surgical removal of all or part of the esophagus. Extrapleural pneumonectomy is the removal of the entire lung along with the pleura, the lung lining...

respiratory systems may have more extreme surgery to remove an entire lung (pneumonectomy). Experienced thoracic surgeons, and a high-volume surgery clinic improve...

present with exercise tolerance, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart murmur. A pneumonectomy is a surgical procedure in which an entire lung is removed. A common...

the FEV1 exceeds 2 litres or 80% of predicted, the person is fit for pneumonectomy. If the FEV1 exceeds 1.5 litres, the patient is fit for lobectomy. There...

lining. Suction drainage is also used for patients who have undergone a pneumonectomy in order to prevent anesthesia-related vomiting and possible aspiration...

as a result of oral surgery, laparoscopy, and cricothyrotomy. In a pneumonectomy, in which an entire lung is removed, the remaining bronchial stump may...

best known for assisting Sir Clement Price Thomas in King George VI's pneumonectomy in 1951. He went on to conduct pioneering research on profound hypothermia...

first pneumonectomy for lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008; 19: 3268-3275. Baue AE: Landmark perspective: Evarts A. Graham and the first pneumonectomy. JAMA...

malignant, often lethal, behavior. Major surgery, either a lobectomy or a pneumonectomy, is usually required for treatment. The genes mutated in AIS differ...

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variety of chylothorax. It is a common and serious complication of a pneumonectomy. It is especially common in surgeries requiring mediastinal dissection...

Schoendienst was diagnosed with tuberculosis and underwent a partial pneumonectomy in February 1959. Despite being told that he would never play again...

(lobectomy, segmentectomy, or wedge resection) or of an entire lung pneumonectomy), along with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, are all used. The chance...

to reduce lung volume by removing damaged portions of the lungs via pneumonectomy or wedge resection. Procedures include the use of valves, coils, or...

include lung cancer screening, thoracoscopy, VATS lobectomy, extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma, asbestos, tracheal stenosis, carinal surgery and esophageal...

best known for his role in assisting Sir Clement Price Thomas in the pneumonectomy of King George VI in 1951. He subsequently remained professionally close...

worker in thoracic and vascular surgery, performed the first human pneumonectomy in Philadelphia W. Edward Chamberlain, a radiologist who developed contrast...

phrenic nerve for the treatment of tuberculosis, as well as the first pneumonectomy with the Tourniquet method and the first pericardiectomy for the release...

James underwent extensive thoracic surgery, known as extrapleural pneumonectomy, with adjuvant intra-operative heated chemotherapy under the care of...