Abstract
Thoracotomy (Gk. thōrax, breastplate and Gk. tomē, a cutting) refers to the process of surgically incising the chest, and pneumonectomy (Gk.pneumōn, lung and Gk. ektomē, excision) to the process of removing a lung. In clinical practice, however, pneumonectomy is rare. The lung operation performed most commonly is a lobectomy (Gk. lobos, lobe and Gk. ektomē, excision) or the removal of a single lobe of the lung. In occasional cases, small segments of a lobe are excised for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
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White, W.J., Lang, C.M. (1982). Lobectomy. In: Animal Physiologic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5666-3_8
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