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pneu·mo·nec·to·my

(no͞o′mə-nĕk′tə-mē, nyo͞o′-) also pneu·mec·to·my (no͞o-mĕk′tə-mē, nyo͞o-)

n. pl. pneu·mo·nec·to·mies also pneu·mec·to·mies

Surgical removal of all or part of a lung.

[Greek pneumōn, lung; see pneumonic + -ectomy.]

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pneumonectomy

(ˌnjuːməʊˈnɛktəmɪ) or

pneumectomy

n, pl -mies

(Surgery) the surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung

[C20: from Greek pneumōn lung + -ectomy]

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pneu•mo•nec•to•my

(ˌnu məˈnɛk tə mi, ˌnyu-)

n., pl. -mies.

surgical excision of all or part of a lung.

[1885–90]

pneumonectomy

Surgery to remove a lung or some tissue from a lung.

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pneumonectomy - surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)

ablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue

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pneumonectomy

n (pl -mies) neumonectomía

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The medical records of 146 consecutive patients who underwent pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer between May 2001 and April 2006 at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, were reviewed retrospectively.

Risk factors for post-pneumonectomy acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome in primary lung cancer patients

The patient subsequently underwent a right sleeve pneumonectomy; however, he tragically died secondary to intraoperative flash pulmonary edema in the left lung.

Radiological case of the month: William T. O'Brien, Sr., DO, Matthew D. Duncan, MD, Grant E. Lattin, Jr., MD, Edward L. Jackson, MD, and Patrick J. Danaher, MD

The lung is usually deflated during segmentectomy, lobectomy, and pneumonectomy, causing so-called surgical atelectasis or collapse (Figure 1, A).

Ex Vivo Artifacts and Histopathologic Pitfalls in the Lung

(5) Bronchiectasis, pneumonia and other pulmonary complications like collapse and fibrosis are preventable to a large extent; surgical interventions like lobectomy and pneumonectomy may not be required at all (Bush et al., 2007.

Kartagener's syndrome: a case series study

Despite pneumonectomy and combination therapy with amphotericin B and caspofungin, there was failure to respond to therapy with extensive spread to the contralateral lung and pericardial involvement.

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Prolonged aortic clamp time exceeding 30 to 45 minutes during aortic aneurysm surgery' and left-sided nephrectomy has been implicated, as has splenectomy, pneumonectomy and adrenalectomy.

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Pneumonectomy of the patient was done on the basis of CT findings and CT-guided FNAC and after the histopathological processing of the specimen, it revealed similar bimodal population of cells, one of them being small darkly staining blue cells and the other being large light cells with moderate amount of cytoplasm tending to form rosettes at places.

A case of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma/PNET presenting as a mediastinal mass

The general approach was thoracotomy: 2 (4%) underwent pneumonectomy, 38 (81%) had lobectomies, and 7 (15%) had wedge resection (these were peripheral tumors with relapse in none of the cases).

Alterations in the Expression of p53, KLF4, and p21 in Neuroendocrine Lung Tumors

To facilitate a pulmonary resection and improve access in the thoracic cavity, the lung is usually deflated during segmentectomy, lobectomy, and pneumonectomy. Especially during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery procedures, visualization of the surgical field is seriously hampered by a ventilated lung.

In Compressed Lung Tissue Microscopic Sections of Adenocarcinoma In Situ May Mimic Papillary Adenocarcinoma

[1] Following this, Bainbridge [2] (1901), Tyrell Gray [3] (1909), Berkowitz and Greene [4] (1950) described SA as an excellent alternative to general anesthesia (GA) in children including thoracic surgeries (lobectomy, pneumonectomy).

Comparative study of spinal anesthesia and general anesthesia in children undergoing surgeries below umbilicus

For the type of operative procedure, it is important to document the type/extent of resection (wedge, segmentectomy, lobectomy, bilobectomy, pneumonectomy, other) and for en bloc specimens, any attached anatomic structures received (eg, portion of rib, pericardium).

Data set for reporting of lung carcinomas: recommendations from international collaboration on cancer reporting

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed under regional anaesthesia in patient who had undergone pneumonectomy. Korean J Anesthesiol 2009; 56(3): 330-3.