Pneumonectomy

Data on pneumonectomy published by researchers at Laval University

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, January 18th, 2009

"The physiologic advantages of preserving phrenic nerve integrity and normal diaphragmatic motion (DM) during the course of pnemonectomy are incompletely understood. This study was conducted to investigate potential benefits of this strategy on postoperative lung function," scientists writing in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery report.

"Among 523 consecutive patients who underwent pneumonectomy for lung cancer between January 1992 and September 2001, 117 were alive at the time of study (March to December 2006) and thus had 5 years' minimum follow-up. Of those, 17 were excluded and 12 could not have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), leaving 88 patients...

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