What is pneumonectomy?
The most common types of surgery are lobectomy and wedge resection, both of which include the removal of part of one lung. In some cases, however, removal of only a small part of the lungs is not enough to eradicate the lung disease. Pneumonectomic surgery involves complete removal of one lungs and is most often done when lung cancer is too advanced to make partial removal effective. Pneumonectomy was once used as a treatment of tuberculosis, but complete lung removal is now almost exclusively with the treatment of lung and mesothelioma cancer.
To be a good candidate for this operation, the patient must meet several requirements. The first requirement is that their cancer must be limited to the lungs that are removed. If cancer has spread to another part of the body, the removal of the lungs does not exclude this disease. In addition, it is important that people who have undergone surgery are otherwise as healthy as possible due to physical requirements and recovery on the patient.
during the procedure is PACIent under an anesthetic. After cutting on the chest, the surgeon can remove one or more ribs to facilitate lung removal. Furthermore, the lungs are collapsed and removed, after which the blood vessels are clamped and sewn. After lung removal, the cut is closed.
Pneumonectomy most often includes removal of one lung. In some cases, however, extrapleural pneumonectomy must be performed. In this surgery, the lungs, as well as a part of the membrane that line the lungs and part of the membrane, are removed. This surgery is usually performed in cases of advanced malignant mesothelioma due to the aggressive way this type of cancer spreads in the body.
Most patients will remain in the hospital for about two weeks. This is necessary not only because of physical breathing surgery, but also because of the severity of possible complications of pneumonectomy. People who undergo surgery are threatened by a heart attack as wellKo pneumonia and other serious infections. In addition, there is a risk of lung embolism, which is the result of blocking the pulmonary artery. The immediate risk of these complications decreases after a few weeks and as soon as their stay in the hospital is over, patients continue to recover for two or three months at home.
With a significant reduction in lung capacity and respiratory function, many people who undergo pneumonectomy have problems with adjustment. To help compensate for these patients, they are evaluated before surgery to try to predict how well the remaining lungs will work. Most patients receive devices such as motivational spirometer to perform exercise to improve lung function after surgery.
Motivation Spirometer is a device that the patient must breathe very slowly. Device is a meter, which represents the lung capacity and function of the patient. By performing several repetitions daily, patients can improve their lung function. Spirometer is particularly useful in this respect, PROto provides patients an easy way of monitoring their own progress.