Definition of pneumonectomy in English:
pneumonectomy
nounPlural pneumonectomies ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)ˈnɛktəmiˌn(j)umoʊˈnɛktəmi
mass nounSurgical removal of a lung or part of a lung.
Example sentencesExamples
- Within 30 days after surgery, 91 patients died, 43 of whom patients had undergone pneumonectomy.
- Whatever the case may be, it is clear that surgical treatment for operable lung cancer has come a far way since its formidable beginning of pneumonectomy in 1933.
- The method might also be applied to answer the question whether compensatory lung growth after pneumonectomy occurs by formation of new alveoli or by enlargement of existing alveoli.
- The first, pneumonectomy, is a full resection of the affected lung.
- He recovered well from his left pneumonectomy.
- He was deemed fit for surgery and a left pneumonectomy was performed.
- A pneumonectomy was not performed in 1951 on King George IV.
- We routinely use a 4.8-mm stapling device to close the main bronchus after pneumonectomy.
- Lobectomy was performed in 34 cases and pneumonectomy in 10 cases.
- The morbidity and mortality associated with donor pneumonectomy pose significant ethical considerations.
Definition of pneumonectomy in US English:
pneumonectomy
nounˌn(y)o͞omōˈnektəmēˌn(j)umoʊˈnɛktəmi
Surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung.
Example sentencesExamples
- Within 30 days after surgery, 91 patients died, 43 of whom patients had undergone pneumonectomy.
- We routinely use a 4.8-mm stapling device to close the main bronchus after pneumonectomy.
- Whatever the case may be, it is clear that surgical treatment for operable lung cancer has come a far way since its formidable beginning of pneumonectomy in 1933.
- The morbidity and mortality associated with donor pneumonectomy pose significant ethical considerations.
- A pneumonectomy was not performed in 1951 on King George IV.
- Lobectomy was performed in 34 cases and pneumonectomy in 10 cases.
- The method might also be applied to answer the question whether compensatory lung growth after pneumonectomy occurs by formation of new alveoli or by enlargement of existing alveoli.
- The first, pneumonectomy, is a full resection of the affected lung.
- He was deemed fit for surgery and a left pneumonectomy was performed.
- He recovered well from his left pneumonectomy.