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Bilobectomy
Bilobectomy is a thoracic surgical procedure removing two adjacent lobes of one lung, essentially a right-sided operation, first performed by Churchill in 1933 to treat lung cancer.
Bullectomy
Bullectomy is a thoracic surgical procedure that removes giant emphysematous bullae, air spaces filling a third or more of the chest, so compressed lung can re-expand and breathing improves in emphysema.
Extrapleural pneumonectomy
Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) is a thoracic operation removing the pleura, one lung, pericardium, and hemidiaphragm en bloc, performed mainly for malignant pleural mesothelioma and carrying higher operative risk than lung-sparing pleurectomy.
Isolated lung perfusion
Isolated lung perfusion (ILuP, also written ILP) is a surgical technique delivering high-dose chemotherapy to lung tumors while the lung is isolated from systemic circulation.
Lobectomy
A lobectomy is the surgical removal of an entire lobe of an organ, most often the lung, where it is the standard operation for early-stage lung cancer.
Lung resection
Lung resection is the surgical removal of part or all of a lung, from a wedge or segment to a whole lung, most often to treat lung cancer.
Lung volume reduction surgery
Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is an operation for severe emphysema in which the most damaged 20–35% of each lung is removed to ease breathing.
Pneumonectomy
Pneumonectomy is the surgical removal of an entire lung, performed mainly for advanced lung cancer and mesothelioma; the first successful one was reported by Evarts Graham in 1933.
Pulmonary metastasectomy
Pulmonary metastasectomy is the surgical removal of lung tumors that have spread from a cancer elsewhere in the body, performed in a small share of eligible patients.
Pulmonary resection
Pulmonary resection is the surgical removal of part or all of a lung, ranging from wedge resection and segmentectomy to lobectomy and pneumonectomy, mainly for lung cancer.
Pulmonary Surgical Procedures
Pulmonary surgical procedures are operations on the lung to remove diseased tissue or treat cancer, ranging from wedge resection, segmentectomy, and lobectomy to pneumonectomy, performed through open thoracotomy, VATS, or robotic surgery.
Segmentectomy
Segmentectomy, first described in 1939, is an anatomical lung resection removing one or more bronchopulmonary segments to treat small tumors while preserving healthy tissue, an alternative to lobectomy.
Sleeve lobectomy
Sleeve lobectomy, also called sleeve resection, is a thoracic operation that removes a lung lobe together with a segment of main bronchus, rejoined end-to-end, mainly for central lung cancer.
Sublobar resection
Sublobar resection is an operation for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer that removes part of a lung lobe rather than the whole lobe, preserving more lung function.