Surgical approaches and techniques for managing pulmonary disease.
Common pulmonary lesions that require partial or complete lobectomy include abscesses, cysts, bullae, neoplasms, lacerations, foreign bodies, and lung lobe torsions. This article discusses the instrumentation, surgical approaches and techniques, and postoperative management of partial and complete lung lobectomy.
D000818:Animals; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000662:veterinary