The first successful en block left-sided pneumonectomy for lung cancer was performed by Graham ... and wedge/partial resection (removal of wedge-shaped parenchyma regardless of the bronchovascular ...

The resulting specimens demonstrate a highly complex, variable and at times, even unpredictable distribution of cartilage throughout the bronchial anatomy ... which the lung parenchyma cannot ...

The operative modes for pulmonary parenchymal resection include pneumonectomy, bilobectomy, lobectomy, segmentectomy, and wedge resection, according to the volume of lung parenchyma to be ... to the ...