What is lobectomy of the lungs?
lobectomy is lung surgery, which includes the removal of a patient lobe. Pulmonary lobectomy is a preferred treatment in patients with cancer at an early stage of non-mass-cellular lung cancer. Removing the affected lobe helps prevent the spread and repeat of cancer, but cannot guarantee that cancer will not return. Recovery depends on such factors such as tumor placement, extension of surgery and age and general health of the patient, as well as in therapy. The right lung has five lobes and the left lung has two. When cancer attacks the lobe, early detection and removal of the infected part is the most effective way to discourage metastases or the spread of cancer.
The lung function is affected by lobectomy, but the lungs continue to work. The surviving lobes are able to compensate to some extent. Patients can even work after removing the lung whole, called pneumonectomy, but lobectomy survival and recovery rate are better.
During lobectomy, the patient is placed on his side and the surgeon makes a large cut. Surgical tools are used to divide the muscles and the spread of the ribs to wide apart to ensure access to the lungs. The surgeon removes the patient lobe and then stitches or captures the affected blood vessels and bronchial tube. The tubes are then placed to release the leaking air and fluids from the chest cavity and prevent the lung collapse. The ribs and muscle layers are returned to the position and attached in the place and the overlapping tissue is re -connected. The wound is bandaged and the patient is sent for recovery.
Renewal from lobectomy can be a long and difficult process. Patients must recover from trauma on ribs and muscles and learn to compensate for reduced lung capacity. Therapy helps patients to cope with pain, renew the range of movement and increase lung capacity. This therapy can continue months after the lung surgery. Recovery may be limited by the expansion of surgicalzákroku, věkem a stavem pacienta a neschopností účasti na terapii.
alternatives to lobectomy include radiation therapy, chemotherapy and wedge resection - removal of only tumor and small areas around it. Plicní lobektomie je však obecně účinnější. Doporučuje se, když je nádor operovatelný a věk a úroveň zdraví pacienta jsou přijatelné pro chirurgický zákrok.