Surgery for pleural mesothelioma:
Surgery (resection of part of lung) should be performed in all cases of pleural mesothelioma, if diagnose at early stage. If at the time of diagnosis, the pleural mesothelioma is in late stage surgical modality may not yield result as the disease most like has already metastatized to other organs of body and surgery will not help much. If surgical resection is performed at an early stage of the disease, it can slow down the spread of the disease.
The common surgical procedures for treatment of pleural mesothelioma include pneumonectomy (removal of a part or entire lung which is also used in treatment of lung cancer), extrapleural pneumonectomy and pleurectomy (removal of part or whole of pleura). Extrapleural pneumonectomy involves removal of entire lung with removal of the pleura of affected lung, diaphragm and pericardium (the mesothelial lining which covers heart). Extrapleural pneumonectomy is best suited for treatment of pleural mesothelioma patients.
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