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Indications for lobectomy
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- Bronchiectasis (uncontrolled symptoms i.e. recurrent hemoptysis) - Malignancy (NSCLC) - Solitary pulmonary nodule (unknown cause) - Cystic fibrosis - Tuberculosis - Lung abscess |
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Indications for pneumonectomy |
- Bronchiectasis - Malignancy - Tuberculosis |
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Clinical findings in pneumonectomy
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- Flattening of affected side - Grossly deviated trachea to affected side - Reduced (absent) chest expansion & breath sounds - Bronchial breathing often heard over deviated trachea |
