If the proximal portion of the bronchus is involved by direct extension of the tumor or if there is lymph node metastasis at the hilum and neither lobectomy nor pneumonectomy could ensure that the ...

mediastinal structures or proximal part of the main bronchus and when sleeve resection is not feasible (T2). We present a case of a patient who underwent left VATS pneumonectomy due to left lung ...

After a pneumonectomy, you might find doing certain things harder ... You might have an operation called a sleeve resection if your cancer is in the central area of the lung and growing into one of ...

Prior investigations have shown that different resection procedures have very different outcomes, with pneumonectomy associated with three-fold higher mortality than other resection types.

Background: Induction chemoradiation before pneumonectomy allows patients to achieve long term survival, increases resectability rates, and is proven to be safe in previously published studies.