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 ...

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

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 ...

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.