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pneumonectomy |
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pneumonectomy [‚nü·mə′nek·tə·mē] (medicine) Surgical removal of an entire lung. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Four patients experienced long-term sequelae: hemoptysis caused by aspergilloma necessitating pulmonary resection (1 patient), bronchiectasis and recurrent respiratory infections (2 patients), and bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy (1 patient). pulmonary (eg, pneumonectomy, restrictive lung disease) In the past, this kind of cancer left patients with few treatment options," said David Sugarbaker, MD, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at BWH, and a pioneer in extrapleural pneumonectomy technique. |
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