Lung cancer Surgery
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Lung cancer surgery
• Surgery to remove the cancer may be an option for early stage
non-small cell lung cancer.
• If surgery can be
done(http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/lung-cancer-
surgery.html), it provides the best chance to cure NSCLC.
• Lung cancer surgery is a complex operation that can have
serious consequences, so it should be done by a surgeon who
has a lot of experience operating on lung cancers.
• Other tests will check the function of your heart and other
organs to be sure you’re healthy enough for surgery.
Types of lung surgery
• There are so many operation which helps to
treat non-small cell lung cancer.
• This surgery can cure the cancer depends on
its stage.
• Pneumonectomy surgery removes an entire
lung. This might be needed if the tumor is
close to the center of the chest.
• The other surgery is called Lobectomy . The lungs are made
up of 5lobes .
• Three on the right and two on the left.
• In this surgery, the entire lobe containing the tumor(s) is
removed. This is often the preferred type of operation for
NSCLC if it can be done.
• This type of surgery is called segmentecmony and is also
called as wedge resection.
• In these surgeries, only part of a lobe is removed.
• This approach might be used, for example, if a person doesn’t
have enough lung function to withstand removing the whole
lobe.
• This operation is called sleeve resection which is used to treat
some cancers in large airways in the lungs.
• The large airway with a tumor as similar to the sleeve of a
shirt with a stain a couple of inches above the wrist.
• The sleeve resection would be like cutting across the sleeve
above and below the stain and then sewing the cuff back onto
the shortened sleeve.
• A surgeon may be able to do this operation instead of a
pneumonectomy to preserve more lung function.
Video thoracic surgery
• Doctors treat early-stage lung cancers in the outer parts of the
lung with a procedure called video-assisted thoracic surgery.
• During this operation, a thin, rigid tube with a tiny video
camera on the end is placed through a small cut in the side of
the chest to help the surgeon see inside the chest on a TV
monitor.
• One of the incisions is enlarged if a lobectomy or
pneumonectomy is done to allow the specimen to be
removed.
• This would cause less pain after surgery and less hospital stay
Possible risk on surgery
• Possible side effects (http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/long-
term-side-effects-of-chemotherapy-for-lung-cancer.html)
during and soon after surgery can include reactions to
anesthesia, excess bleeding, blood clots in the legs or lungs,
wound infections, and pneumonia.
• Recovering from surgery takes time from weeks to month.
• People who have VATS instead of thoracotomy tend to have
less pain after surgery and to recover more quickly.
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Lung cancer surgery

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    Lung cancer surgery •Surgery to remove the cancer may be an option for early stage non-small cell lung cancer. • If surgery can be done(http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/lung-cancer- surgery.html), it provides the best chance to cure NSCLC. • Lung cancer surgery is a complex operation that can have serious consequences, so it should be done by a surgeon who has a lot of experience operating on lung cancers. • Other tests will check the function of your heart and other organs to be sure you’re healthy enough for surgery.
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    Types of lungsurgery • There are so many operation which helps to treat non-small cell lung cancer. • This surgery can cure the cancer depends on its stage. • Pneumonectomy surgery removes an entire lung. This might be needed if the tumor is close to the center of the chest.
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    • The othersurgery is called Lobectomy . The lungs are made up of 5lobes . • Three on the right and two on the left. • In this surgery, the entire lobe containing the tumor(s) is removed. This is often the preferred type of operation for NSCLC if it can be done.
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    • This typeof surgery is called segmentecmony and is also called as wedge resection. • In these surgeries, only part of a lobe is removed. • This approach might be used, for example, if a person doesn’t have enough lung function to withstand removing the whole lobe.
  • 10.
    • This operationis called sleeve resection which is used to treat some cancers in large airways in the lungs. • The large airway with a tumor as similar to the sleeve of a shirt with a stain a couple of inches above the wrist. • The sleeve resection would be like cutting across the sleeve above and below the stain and then sewing the cuff back onto the shortened sleeve. • A surgeon may be able to do this operation instead of a pneumonectomy to preserve more lung function.
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    Video thoracic surgery •Doctors treat early-stage lung cancers in the outer parts of the lung with a procedure called video-assisted thoracic surgery. • During this operation, a thin, rigid tube with a tiny video camera on the end is placed through a small cut in the side of the chest to help the surgeon see inside the chest on a TV monitor. • One of the incisions is enlarged if a lobectomy or pneumonectomy is done to allow the specimen to be removed. • This would cause less pain after surgery and less hospital stay
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    Possible risk onsurgery • Possible side effects (http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/long- term-side-effects-of-chemotherapy-for-lung-cancer.html) during and soon after surgery can include reactions to anesthesia, excess bleeding, blood clots in the legs or lungs, wound infections, and pneumonia. • Recovering from surgery takes time from weeks to month. • People who have VATS instead of thoracotomy tend to have less pain after surgery and to recover more quickly.
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