A pneumonectomy is a surgical procedure to remove an entire lung, first successfully performed in 1933 by Dr. Evarts Graham. It is not to be confused with a lobectomy or segmentectomy, which remove only part of the lung.
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A pneumonectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a lung.
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It was first successfully performed in 1933 by Dr. Evarts Graham.
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