Pulmectomy

Serious lung diseases often cause death, so treatment of these types of diseases is vital. One such condition is a procedure called a pulmectomy. It involves removing part or all of the lung. However, even with such a cruel diagnosis, patients often refuse surgery. What can be said about its feasibility? Should people take such drastic steps at all? We will tell you about all this on these pages. In addition, at the end of the article we will highlight the main pros and cons of this operation, as well as note features that are worth knowing about.

In a more simplified way, this operation is called removal of the entire lung or part of the lung (depending on the condition). That is, this operation is a fundamental way to treat patients with serious problems with lung tissue. Thus, a person loses one or both lungs. If he refuses the operation, he dies from long-term pneumonia, gradually changing the condition of the lungs to a chronic process, which progresses and gradually leads to organ failure. It is also worth considering that this process is quite difficult and unpleasant for a person, but the consequences can be much worse. It is for these reasons that doctors agree to such a decision.

Pulmiectomy surgery is justified for people with a confirmed diagnosis of cancer, which gives a poor prognosis. Without surgery, they can only hope that the disease will not lead to pulmonary embolism or thrombosis. But in most cases, these diseases develop during chemotherapy for breast or prostate cancer. Moreover, this could be the breast, the gastrointestinal tract, the skeletal systems, and many other organs. If people tolerate chemotherapy extremely poorly, their condition improves only after removal of the lymph nodes and irradiation of the body. Thus, pulmectomy was used to make life easier for people suffering from such a terrible disease as cancer. This step is also justified for other patients who can no longer cope with the load on their lungs and are becoming weaker over time. The body needs to be given time to recover from operations and illnesses.

This also applies to lung pathology.