Lung decortication
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Weerakkody Y, Bell D, Shah V, et al. Lung decortication. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Feb 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-46923
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- Open lung decortication
- Decortication of lung
- VATS assisted lung decortication
A lung decortication is a cardiothoracic surgical procedure usually performed for situations such as a chronic thoracic empyema or a chronic hemothorax where a diseased, often chronically infected, pleura is debrided from the adjacent lung and removed. It is also sometimes performed in selected cases of pleural mesothelioma 6. This can be performed either as an open surgical procedure or using video assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) technique.
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