If you have a lung problem, your doctor may suggest a lobectomy. It’s a surgery to remove a lobe (portion) of your lung. Your lungs are made up of five sections or lobes — three in your right ...

In April 2014, he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a condition where scar tissue ... One is known as a lobectomy, the removal of an entire lobe of a lung before transplanting.

When the scarring is in the tissues of the lung, these are called “sequelae” or fibrotic changes, which can lead to loss of lung function. The loss of lung function can manifest with shortness ...

Your surgeon may discuss one or more of these options with you: Lobectomy. Your lungs are made of parts called lobes. Your right lung has three lobes and your left lung has two. A lobectomy ...

Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy is a pulmonary lobectomy procedure that is ... using a special endotracheal tube that allows intentional collapse of the lung which is operated on. The ...

Researchers observed a link between improved overall survival and lobectomy vs. sublobar resection (HR = 0.87; 95% CI, 0.83-0.92), as well as between improved lung cancer-specific survival and ...

In a momentous medical achievement, the first successful left lung lower lobectomy surgery was performed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), resulting in the complete recovery of the patient.