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Procedures – Lungs

This resource is designed to provide comprehensive, but concise facts on a variety of screening, diagnostic, and treatment procedures focusing on the lungs. All fact sheets in this quick reference guide are physician-reviewed and reflect the most up-to-date, evidence-based information. Relevant sources are provided for each fact sheet.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
  • Anterior medistinotomy
B
  • Bronchoscopy
C
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for children age 1 to early teens
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for infants
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for teens and adults
  • Cerivcal mediastinal exploration
  • Cervical mediastincoscopy
  • Chamberlain's procedure
  • Chest x-ray
  • CME
  • Continuous and intermittent positive airway pressure
  • CPAP
H
  • HBO2
  • HBOT
  • Heart-lung transplant
  • Hyperbaric medicine
  • Hyperbaric oxygenation
  • Hyperbarics
I
  • Imaging, magnetic resonance
  • Intubation and mechanical ventilation
L
  • Lay rescuer CPR for children age 1 to early teens
  • Lay rescuer CPR for infants
  • Lay rescuer CPR for teens and adults
  • Lung and pleural biopsy
  • Lung surgery
  • Lung transplant
M
  • Magnetic resonance angiography
  • Mediastinal tumor resection
  • Medistinoscopy
  • Medistinotomy
  • Morton's neuroma removal
  • MRA
O
  • Oxygen therapy
P
  • Percutaneous needle aspiration
  • PET scan
  • PFT
  • Pleural fluid aspiration
  • Pleural tap
  • Positron emission tomography
  • Pulmonary function tests
  • Pulmonary lobectomy
R
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Removal of a lung lobe
  • RFA
  • Robot-assisted thoracic procedures
  • Robotic surgery: overview
S
  • Surgery, lung
T
  • Thoracentesis
  • Thoracotomy
  • Tracheotomy
  • Transplant, heart-lung
  • Transplant, lung
  • Transthoracic needle aspiration
V
  • VATS
  • Video-assisted thoracic surgery
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