pleurectomy

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pleurectomy /pleu·rec·to·my/ (ploor-ek´tah-me) excision of part of the pleura.

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Excision of the pleura.

pleurectomy [ploo͡-rek´to-me]

excision of a portion of the pleura.

pleurectomy

excision of a portion of the pleura.

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No references found			The surgical interventions include pleurodesis, parietal pleurectomy, and extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP). Mesothelioma review by Montjoy, Carol; Parker, John; Petsonk, Lee; Teba, Luis; Fallon, Kenneth / West Virginia Medical Journal A pleurectomy was considered but was refused by the patient, considering his poor overall prognosis based on the relapse of T-PLL. Rhodococcus equi infection after alemtuzumab therapy for T-cell ... by Meeuse, Jan J.; Sprenger, Herman G.; van Assen, Sander; Leduc, Dominique; Daenen, Simon M.G.J.; Aren / Emerging Infectious Diseases It has been noted that surgical pleurectomy should be attempted early in simultaneous bilateral secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. Radiological case of the month: Ugur Gonlugur, MD; Melih Kaptanoglu, ... by Gonlugur, Ugur; Kaptanoglu, Melih; Gonlugur, Tanseli / Applied Radiology			plethysmograph plethysmography plethysmometry pleur(o)- pleur- Pleur-Evac pleura pleuracotomy pleurae Pleural pleural biopsy pleural cavity pleural cupola pleural effusion pleural exudate pleural fluid pleural fremitus pleural friction rub pleural needle biopsy pleural ring pleural rub pleural space pleural tag pleuralgia pleurapophysis pleurectomy pleurisy pleurisy with effusion pleuritic pleuritic rub pleuritis pleuro- pleurocele pleurocentesis pleurocentrum pleuroclysis pleurodesis pleurodont pleurodynia pleuroesophageal muscle pleurogenic pleurogenous pleurography pleurohepatitis pleurolith pleurolysis pleuroparietopexy pleuropericardial pleuropericardial folds pleuropericardial rub pleuropericarditis			pleural reflection line pleural rib pleural ring pleural rub pleural rub pleural rub pleural rub pleural rub pleural rub, pleuritic rub pleural rub, pleuritic rub pleural rub, pleuritic rub pleural rub, pleuritic rub pleural rub, pleuritic rub Pleural sac Pleural sac Pleural sac pleural space pleural space Pleural Space Infection pleural stripping pleural stripping pleural tag Pleural tap Pleural tap pleuralgia pleuralgia Pleuranthium pleurapophysis pleurapophysis pleurapophysis pleurectomy Pleurenchyma Pleuric pleurisy pleurisy pleurisy pleurisy root pleurisy root pleurisy root pleurisy with effusion pleurisy with effusion pleurisy with effusion Pleurisy-root Pleurisy-root Pleurite pleuritic pleuritic pleuritic Pleuritic chest pain Pleuritic chest pain Pleuritic chest pain pleuritic ridge pleuritic ridge pleuritic rub pleuritic rub pleuritic rub pleuritic rub pleuritic rub pleuritic thrill pleuritic thrill pleuritis

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