allowing more room for the remaining healthy lung to expand. For the first day or so, a chest tube is left in to help adhere the once deflated lung to the chest wall (pleural symphysis). The tube will ...

During decortication, the lung is deflated to reduce blood loss. Most patients require blood transfusion during the procedure. Additionally, lymph node dissection, a process of removing lymph nodes to ...

The new lung was also "deflated" in the operating theatre so that it could enter through the tight incision, which was just about 8cm. According to Jauregui, the new procedure is less painful for ...

During his presentation, Gates inflated and deflated the lung to demonstrate how it worked. Some were fascinated by the lung; ...