What is right lower lobectomy?
Right lower lobectomy is the removal of the lower lobe of the right lung. Sleeve lobectomy is the removal of a lobe and part of the air passage into the lung (bronchus).
What is lower lobe of lung?
The Lower Lobe (Right Lung) The lower lobe is the bottom lobe of the right lung. It lies beneath the oblique fissure. It bears medial, lateral, superior, anterior, and posterior bronchopulmonary segments.
What are the complications of lobectomy?
What are the risks of a lobectomy?
- Infection.
- Air in the space between the lung covering (pleural space) that causes the lung to collapse (pneumothorax)
- Bleeding.
- A tube-like opening between the airway (bronchus) and pleural space that causes air or fluid to leak into the chest (bronchopleural fistula)
How do they remove fluid from your lungs?
Thoracentesis is a procedure to remove fluid or air from around the lungs. A needle is put through the chest wall into the pleural space. The pleural space is the thin gap between the pleura of the lung and of the inner chest wall.
What is lower lobe consolidation?
Left lower lobe consolidation refers to consolidation in part (incomplete) or all (complete) of the left lower lobe.
How is a thoracoscopic lobectomy used to treat lung cancer?
Thoracoscopic lobectomy is defined as the anatomic resection of an entire lobe of the lung, using a videoscope and an access incision, without the use of a mechanical retractor and without rib spreading. Thoracoscopic lobectomy A safe and effective strategy for patients with stage I lung cancer.
When do you need to have a lobectomy?
A lobectomy is a surgery to remove one of the lobes of the lungs. The lungs have sections called lobes. The right lung has 3 lobes. The left lung has 2 lobes. A lobectomy may be done when a problem is found in just part of a lung. The affected lobe is removed, and the remaining healthy lung tissue can work as normal.
Can a thoracoscopic lobectomy be performed without rib spreading?
Preoperative staging and patient selection for thoracoscopic lobectomy should be conducted as for conventional thoracotomy. Tumor size may preclude the option of thoracoscopic lobectomy in some patients, as some large specimens may not be amenable to removal without rib spreading; however, no absolute size criteria are used.
Where is the cut in the chest for a lobectomy?
The cut is most often made on the front of the chest under the nipple and wraps around the back under the shoulder blade. The surgeon gets access to the chest cavity through the exposed ribs to remove the lobe. In some cases, a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is used to do a lobectomy.