| Within 30 days after surgery, 91 patients died, 43 of whom patients had undergone pneumonectomy. |
| He was deemed fit for surgery and a left pneumonectomy was performed. |
| Lobectomy was performed in 34 cases and pneumonectomy in 10 cases. |
| After pneumonectomy, a rapidly changing air fluid level may indicate intrapleural hemorrhage or bronchopleural fistula. |
| The first, pneumonectomy, is a full resection of the affected lung. |
| Ms. Terrazzano was told she had advanced lung cancer in 2004 and has since undergone three operations, including an extrapleural pneumonectomy, in which her right lung and part of the lining of her heart were removed. |
