PLEURAL SURGERY

  • Diana Samiatina-Morkūnienė
  • Dainius Pilipavičius
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37499/PIA.335
Keywords: pulmonology, thoracic surgery, pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural empyema, fibrothorax, malignant pleural effusion, video-assisted thoracoscopy, chemical pleurodesis, pleural cavity decompression, pleurectomy, decortication of the lung, pleurostomy

Abstract

Pleural surgery plays an important role in urgent and routine thoracic surgery. Pleural surgery covers the full range the specific and non-specific pleural diseases, benign and malignant tumors, iatrogenic complications and trauma surgical treatment. This article describes the surgical treatment of pleural diseases with which mostly face pulmonologists and family physicians in their clinical practice.

Author Biographies

Diana Samiatina-Morkūnienė

Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Dainius Pilipavičius

Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

How to Cite
1.
Samiatina-Morkūnienė D, Pilipavičius D. PLEURAL SURGERY [Internet]. PIA 2014 Sep.;15(2):46-50.[cited 2024 May 18 ] Available from: http://pia.pulmoalerg.lt/index.php/PIA/article/view/335
Issue
Vol 15 No 2 (2014): Pulmonology, Immunology and Allergology
Section
Pulmonology