the lobe is removed so your lungs can expand. This makes it easier to breathe. This surgery can also treat your: It's a common treatment if you have early-stage lung cancer (tumor in one lobe).

The dissected lobe is typical placed in a bag and removed ... of resection and cancer-specific outcomes are similar between VATS lobectomy and open lobectomy. Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Krasna MJ, ...

Cancer patient Ian Tollemache had the wrong part of his lung cut out by a surgeon.

A surgeon mistakenly removed the wrong part of a cancer patient’s lung ... The man, in his 60s, required further surgery to remove the left lower lobe of his lung. According to the report ...

The man has cancer in his other lung but it cannot be operated on due to it being his only lung. Photo / 123RF A surgeon mistakenly removed the wrong part of a cancer patient’s lung when ...