INTRODUCTION Pneumonectomy is the only curative treatment for some benign diseases but the operation is a challenging procedure. Herein, we present our experiences of pneumonectomy for 59 patients. METHODS The medical records of 59 patients who undergone pneumonectomy for benign lung diseases from 2008 to 2013 at the Division of Thoracic Surgery in Beijing Chest Hospital were retrospectively ...

OBJECTIVE Two different surgical methods for treating mesothelioma (pleurectomy and pleuro pneumonectomy) were reviewed. METHODS This was a retrospective study from 1976 to 2001. Forty-six patients, aged 35-80 years, received one of the following procedures: pleurectomy (n=29), or pleuro pneumonectomy (n=17). Pleurectomy was indicated in symptomatic patients with pain or pleural effusion whil...

Objective: Recent surgical literature has highlighted the dangers of pneumonectomy for in ̄ammatory lung disease; therefore the assessment of the risk/bene®t ratio of our departmental policy. Methods: Patients undergoing pneumonectomy for in ̄ammatory lung disease during two 2-year periods, 1991±1992 and 1996±1997 inclusive, were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical indications for investigation an...

I would like to thank you for the honour of electing me as your President. My purpose will be today to share with you some considerations about an operation that has crossed the 20th century by typifying the greatness and servitude of thoracic surgery, while keeping many of its mysteries at the beginning of the 21st, I mean pneumonectomy. The first pneumonectomy was performed in multiple stages...

INTRODUCTION Performing pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still controversial. Bronchopleural fistula is a major complication after pneumonectomy. In this study the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula was investigated. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective review of patients who underwent pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer from...

Pneumonectomy, the surgical removal of a lung, elicits a number of anatomical changes within the thoracic cavity that augments the diffusion capacity of the remaining lung. Pneumonectomy directs the entire cardiac output into the remaining lung and creates an empty hemithorax that results in a shift of the mediastinum toward the vacated thoracic compartment. In a number of experimental animal m...

Pneumonectomy is associated with high mortality and high rates of complications. Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema is one of the leading causes of mortality. Little is known about its etiologic factors and its association with the inflammatory process. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role of pneumonectomy as a cause of pulmonary edema and its association with gas exchange, ...

Background: Pneumonectomy can be used to manage destroyed lung; however, it is associated with a high risk of complications. This study analyzed the outcomes pneumonectomy in patients lungs.
 Methods: The included 28 who had for benign lung diseases from January 2011 December 2017. Descriptive analysis was present patients' demographics, surgical details, and postoperative outcomes. Intrao...

Minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has proved to be equal and in some aspects superior to open lobectomy in T1 and T2 lung cancers. Indications for VATS pneumonectomy however are still not clearly defined and strictly limited. The minimally invasive VATS pneumonectomy can be undertaken in patients with centrally located tumors without extended invasion of the la...

Background. There are some patients with SCLC that are diagnosed in the operating room by cryosection and surgeons had to perform surgical resection for these patients. The aim of this study is to compare the effective of pneumonectomy with lobectomy for SCLC. Methods. A retrospective study was undertaken in 75 patients with SCLC that were diagnosed by cryosection during surgery. 31 of them und...