Pneumonectomy

"Pneumonectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The excision of lung tissue including partial or total lung lobectomy.

Descriptor ID	D011013
MeSH Number(s)	E04.620 E04.928.600.600
Concept/Terms	Pneumonectomy Pneumonectomy Pneumonectomies Partial Pneumonectomy Partial Pneumonectomy Partial Pneumonectomies Pneumonectomies, Partial Pneumonectomy, Partial Lung Volume Reduction Lung Volume Reduction Reduction, Lung Volume Volume Reduction, Lung

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pneumonectomy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Pneumonectomy [E04.620]
Thoracic Surgical Procedures [E04.928]
Pulmonary Surgical Procedures [E04.928.600]
Pneumonectomy [E04.928.600.600]

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Bar chart showing 94 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2007 and 2011 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	2	0	2
1998	4	1	5
1999	2	1	3
2000	1	0	1
2001	3	0	3
2002	0	1	1
2003	2	0	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	2	1	3
2007	6	2	8
2008	0	3	3
2009	3	1	4
2010	1	0	1
2011	5	3	8
2012	6	1	7
2013	0	1	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	2	1	3
2016	3	1	4
2018	5	0	5
2019	7	1	8
2020	2	1	3
2021	1	4	5
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	1	2
2024	1	0	1
2025	3	0	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumonectomy" by people in Profiles.

Reddington H, Ballinger Z, Guart J, Emmerick I, Crawford A, Maxfield M, Uy K, Lou F. National adoption of robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for oncologic lung resections. J Robot Surg. 2025 Sep 04; 19(1):557.

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Emmerick I, Reddington H, Patil TN, Neamtu A, Guart J, Foley R, Crawford A, Uy K, Maxfield MW, Rabotnikov Y, Phillips W, Lou F. Factors associated with chronic opioid use after minimally invasive lung resections. PLoS One. 2025; 20(6):e0325354.

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Reddington H, Emmerick I, Crawford A, Briskin C, Maxfield M, Uy K, Lou F. Safety and Efficacy of Oncologic Second Pulmonary Resections: A Study of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg. 2026 Feb; 121(2):300-309.

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Watkins AA, Rizvi TZ, Lopez E, Shehata D, Ssemaganda H, Lin Z, Stock CT, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Servais EL. Trends and comparative outcomes between operative approaches for segmentectomy in lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Mar; 169(3):745-752.e2.

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Ravikumar N, Wagh A, Holden VK, Hogarth DK. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction in emphysema: a review. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2024 01 01; 30(1):58-67.

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Kader S, Watkins A, Servais EL. The oncologic efficacy of extended thoracic resections. J Surg Oncol. 2023 Feb; 127(2):288-295.

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Kneuertz PJ, Abdel-Rasoul M, D'Souza DM, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Merritt RE. Prevalence and Predictability of Occult Satellite Nodules in Clinical Stage Ia Non-small Cell Lung Cancer following Lobectomy. Clin Lung Cancer. 2023 05; 24(3):e134-e140.

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Kneuertz PJ, Abdel-Rasoul M, D'Souza DM, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Merritt RE. Wedge Resection vs Lobectomy for Clinical Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Occult Lymph Node Disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 06; 115(6):1344-1351.

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Jang JK, Atay SM, Ding L, David EA, Wightman SC, Kim AW, Ye JC. Patterns of Use of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Compared With Surgery for Definitive Treatment of Primary Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2022 Apr 01; 45(4):146-154.

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Servais EL, Miller DL, Thibault D, Hartwig MG, Kosinski AS, Stock CT, Price T, Quadri SM, D'Agostino RS, Burfeind WR. Conversion to Thoracotomy During Thoracoscopic vs Robotic Lobectomy: Predictors and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 08; 114(2):409-417.

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