Mesothelioma Surgery Overview

Mesothelioma Surgery Overview

The following can be used to treat disease.

 
          * Local excision width
          * Pleurectomy and peel.
          * Extrapleural pneumonectomy.
          * Pleurodesis.

Wide local excision.
Wide local excision to remove the tumor and some healthy tissue around.

Pleurectomy and peeling.
This type of surgery to remove part of the lining of the lungs and chest, and some outside of the lungs.

     

Outside of the lung pleura.

With the lungs. Lungs and lining of the chest, diaphragm and the lining of the sac surrounding the heart.

Pleurodesis.

Pleurodesis is a surgical procedure or drug chemicals scar in the space between the pleural layers. Fluid is the first catheter from the drainage area or drainage, drugs and chemicals used or to stop the accumulation of liquid. prostoru.Jizvy. In the pleural cavity.

Mesothelioma and other surgery.

Even if the doctors removed all the cancer, can be seen at the treatment and surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, some patients surgical treatment of mesothelioma after these additional adjustments, is used to kill cells. Cancer is still there. Cancer after surgery, increased chance of cure is called adjuvant therapy.