| Within 30 days after surgery, 91 patients died, 43 of whom patients had undergone pneumonectomy. |
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| The morbidity and mortality associated with donor pneumonectomy pose significant ethical considerations. |
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| Patients with peripheral tumors with or without metastases to hilar nodes are usually treated with surgical lobectomy or pneumonectomy. |
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| We routinely use a 4.8-mm stapling device to close the main bronchus after pneumonectomy. |
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| It may be indicated for a patient who has undergone right side pneumonectomy to secure ventilation of the left lower lobe. |
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| The first, pneumonectomy, is a full resection of the affected lung. |
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| Lobectomy was performed in 34 cases and pneumonectomy in 10 cases. |
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| He was deemed fit for surgery and a left pneumonectomy was performed. |
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| Gradual accumulation of fluid in the pneumonectomy space is expected and may take as long as 9 months to completely fill the cavity. |
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| Ms. Terrazzano was told she had advanced lung cancer in 2004 and has since undergone three operations, including an extrapleural pneumonectomy, in which her right lung and part of the lining of her heart were removed. |
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| After pneumonectomy, a rapidly changing air fluid level may indicate intrapleural hemorrhage or bronchopleural fistula. |
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| Surgical intervention may vary from enucleation to pneumonectomy. |
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| A left pneumonectomy was performed, and after division of the left main bronchus a completely occluding plastic pellet was found in the distal bronchus. |
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| A 22-year-old soldier with thoracic gutshot injury and subsequent right-sided pneumonectomy and partial left-sided lung resection went into critical respiratory failure. |
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