Last Updated on Nov 21, 2017
References for Pleurectomy:
- Pleurectomy Decortication - (https://www.maacenter.org/treatment/surgery/pleurectomy-decortication/)
- Surgery for pleural mesothelioma - (http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/mesothelioma/treatment/surgery/pleural)
- Pulmonary wedge resection plus parietal pleurectomy (WRPP) versus parietal pleurectomy (PP) for the treatment of recurrent primary pneumothorax (WOPP trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial - (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663732/)
- Thoracoscopic Total Parietal Pleurectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax - (http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(07)02386-7/pdf)
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