Overview
Lung surgery is performed to repair or remove lung tissue. There are many common lung surgeries, including:
- Biopsy of an unknown growth
- Lobectomy, to remove one or more lobes of a lung
- Lung transplant
- Pneumonectomy, to remove a lung
- Preventing the buildup or return of fluid to the chest (Pleurodesis)
- Removing an infection in the chest cavity (Empyema)
- Removing blood in the chest cavity, particularly after trauma
- Removing small balloon-like tissues (Blebs) that cause lung collapse (Pneumothorax)
- Wedge resection, to remove part of a lobe in a lung