Lung cancer surgery is the primary treatment for lung cancer, when possible. Learn about the multiple types of lung cancer surgery, procedures, and associated risks.

Methods Randomised, double-blind, multicentre trial of simvastatin versus placebo in patients undergoing elective oesophagectomy, lobectomy or pneumonectomy at 15 sites throughout the UK. Planned ...

Even before her son was summarily locked up in a Salvadoran prison and cut off from contact with the outside world, Mariela Villamizar was worried about his health ...

A compact design and functional device for balanced pneumonectomy drainage has been developed to offer a complete solution for post-operative drainage procedures. Anemos favors return of thoracic ...

Pneumonectomy is a complex procedure, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. 1 The most frequent complications involve the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. 2 A 51-year-old patient ...

One treatment option for lung cancer may be a pneumonectomy, which is surgery to remove a lung. Because this can permanently reduce your breathing capacity, most surgeons usually try to choose a less ...

For future clinical trials, we investigated resuscitation and antiarrhythmic effects of HbV in pneumonectomy model by using optical mapping analysis (OMP) with Langendorff's method. Left total ...

Extended pneumonectomy including resection of the pericardium was carried out in 16 patients, left atrium in 18 patients, tracheal carina in 15 patients, chest wall in 8 patients, superior vena cava ...

A recent study involving 3,784 patients with non-small cell lung cancer who underwent pneumonectomy found no significant survival benefit of minimally invasive techniques over traditional open surgery ...

Their findings echo previous research on connections between older age and long-term outcomes, 3,4 elevated mortality rates from pneumonectomy, 5,6 and postop complications irrespective of ...

To evaluate the outcomes of robotic VATS total pneumonectomy for lung cancer, a systematic review was conducted. The review found that overall, robotic VATS total pneumonectomy for lung cancer is a ...