Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
pleurectomy
[ ploo-rek-toh-mee ]
Definitions related to pleurectomy:
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Surgery to remove part of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the interior wall of the chest cavity).NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The surgical removal of all or part of the pleura.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Pleurectomy is a type of surgery in which part of the pleura is removed. This procedure helps to prevent fluid from collecting in the affected area and is used for the treatment of mesothelioma, a pleural mesothelial cancer.WebMD, 2019
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