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Lung surgery for pneumonia in five cats - what to know
By Murphy, S T et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·1997·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Pulmonary lobectomy in the management of pneumonia in five cats.
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Plain-English summary
Five cats with pneumonia underwent surgery to remove part of their lungs. Before the surgery, they had been treated for an average of eight months, and two of the cats had other health issues that could weaken their immune systems. The surgery involved removing one lung lobe in four cats and two lobes in one cat. Thankfully, there were no serious complications, and none of the cats had a recurrence of pneumonia during the follow-up period of about 38 months. This surgery can help by removing the source of infection in certain cases of pneumonia.
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Abstract
Five cats underwent lobectomy for the management of pneumonia. The mean presurgical duration of treatment was eight months. A potentially immunosuppressive disease process was present preoperatively in two of the five cats. Preoperatively, two of the cats had radiographically diffuse pneumonia, while three had focal pneumonia. A single pulmonary lobe was removed in four cats, with one cat having two pulmonary lobes removed. There were no life-threatening complications and no clinical recurrence noted during a mean follow-up period of 37.8 months. The benefit of pulmonary lobectomy in focal pneumonia may lie in removing the nidus of infection. In diffuse, chronic or medically refractory pneumonia, obtaining an aetiological diagnosis may be the main benefit of lobectomy. Selective lobectomy for the treatment of pneumonia may be beneficial but a thorough preoperative evaluation is warranted.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9127284/