Lung decortication

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 10 Sep 2019

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Bell D, Shah V, et al. Lung decortication. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-46923

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-46923

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/46923

rID:

46923

Article created:

23 Jul 2016, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

10 Sep 2019, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

4 times, by 4 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest

Tags:

procedure, cardiothoracic surgery, cases

Synonyms:

Open lung decortication
Decortication of lung
VATS assisted lung decortication

A lung decortication is a cardiothoracic surgical procedure usually performed for situations such as a chronic thoracic empyema or a chronic hemothorax where a diseased, often chronically infected, pleura is debrided from the adjacent lung and removed. It is also sometimes performed in selected cases of pleural mesothelioma ⁶. This can be performed either as an open surgical procedure or using video assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) technique.