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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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AblationDecortication of lungPleuraThoracic cavity structure

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Excision

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parietal pleurectomy

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Chylothorax after congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair.
2006
2006
Wound retraction system for lung resection by video-assisted mini-thoracotomy.
2003
2003
Pleurovenous shunting in the treatment of nonmalignant pleural effusion.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Parietal pleurectomy for malignant pleural effusion
AbstractBackground: Malignant pleural effusions are seen frequently in clinical practice and are most commonly caused by breast… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Operation and intracavitary photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a phase II study.
Review
1982
Review
1982
Pneumothorax in cystic fibrosis: management and outcome.
Review
1981
Review
1981
Excision of bullae without pleurectomy in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax
In a retrospective review of 294 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax (398 episodes), 45 patients came to surgical treatment… 
1979
1979
Intrapleural instillation of quinacrine for treatment of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax.
1976
1976
Parietal pleurectomy for recurrent pneumothorax
One hundred patients with persistent or recurrent pneumothorax treated by parietal pleurectomy are described. There was one known… 
1975
1975
Management of spontaneous pneumothorax.
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