Pleurectomy and decortication is a surgical procedure that may be recommended for patients with mesothelioma or other tumors or diseases affecting the inner chest. This involves removing diseased ...

Patients who have underlying emphysema have an epidural catheter placed before surgery and sometimes during the procedure. The operation for bleb resection can be done via mini-thoracotomy or ...

Just days before her passing, Dulce underwent pleuropulmonary decortication surgery, a crucial procedure due to complications from severe pneumonia affecting one of her lungs. The surgery involved ...

Dulce passed away from complications of a tumor in the lung area. She underwent surgery, which gave us ... and undergoing a pleuropulmonary decortication. The tumor kept causing her more harm.