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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How does a pneumonectomy differ from a lobectomy?
A pneumonectomy removes an entire lung; a lobectomy or wedge resection removes only parts of it.
According to Cleveland Clinic, a pneumonectomy is a surgery to remove an entire lung, either the entire right lung or the entire left lung. It describes pneumonectomy as the most extensive type of lung resection. Other types include a lobectomy or wedge resection, which only removes parts of the lung.
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It was first successfully performed in 1933 by Dr. Evarts Graham.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonectomy, lead section
A pneumonectomy (or pneumectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove a lung.
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