Once a sufficient area of the chest wall has been cleared, a chest retractor is inserted to facilitate further surgical steps. The pleura now can be moved from the mediastinum. Once the upper portion ...

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 be removed if no leak is apparent, and the patient will be ...

Within a few days, I was scheduled for a pleurodesis, a procedure to remove the pleural space and stick my right lung to my ...

The following is a summary of “Predictors of lung entrapment in malignant pleural effusion,” published in the November 2024 ...

Sometimes an abnormal amount of fluid will build up in the space between your lungs and your chest wall; when it leaks out it is called a pleural effusion. Pain from pleurisy, with or without ...

The pleura are thin membranes which cover the inside of the chest wall and the outside of each lung. A wide variety of conditions can affect the pleura either directly or indirectly, often leading to ...

Thoracic ultrasound may be a promising tool for the physiotherapist and could be routinely performed at patients’ bedsides to provide real-time and accurate information on the status of pleura, lungs ...