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Pleurectomy

Known as: Excision of Pleura 
Surgery to remove part of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the interior wall of the chest cavity).
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Spontaneous pneumothorax, primary or secondary, is a common medical emergency for which specific indications for surgical… 
2016
2016
The article presents the results of thoracoscopic surgeries in case of bullous emphysema of the lung in 88 patients. The patients… 
2011
2011
Amac: Bu calismada primer spontan pnomotoraks (PSP) hastalarinda video yardimli torakoskopik cerrahi (VATS) ve aksiller… 
2008
2008
Summary The question addressed by a best evidence topic approach using a structured protocol was whether pleurectomy using video… 
2007
2007
Postoperative air-leak is a problem which is frequently encountered in thoracic surgery. We describe the utility of the Asherman… 
1991
1991
AUTHOR'S REPLY Dr Trevisani and colleagues suggest that the routine washings taken at fibreoptic bronchoscopy is not worthwhile… 
1987
1987
The quality of the surgical and respiratory functional results of one-stage bilateral apical pleurectomy for alternating or… 
1986
1986
Forty-one patients with two subtypes of stage IIIMO non-small-cell lung cancer treated over a 7-year period were evaluated. The… 
1979
1979
Parietal pleurectomy was devised as definitive treatment in a series of 50 patients with persistent or recurrent pneumothorax… 
1951
1951
Summary A comparative study of the results obtained with surgical collapse therapy and with pleuro-pneumonectomy in the treatment…