pleuropneumonectomy

pleuropneumonectomy
Surgical resection of an entire lung along with the parietal pleura; formerly used mainly for destroyed lung due to tuberculosis; currently, a method of treating malignant mesothelioma.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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