Professional guidelines suggest that pleurectomy be performed on both lungs and that lung function tests and CT scan normalize before diving is resumed.
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Pleurectomy / decortication spares the underlying lung and is performed in patients with early stage disease when the intention is to remove all gross visible tumor ( macroscopic complete resection ), not simply palliation.
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"' CARDIOTHORACIC "' Thoracocentesis, pericardiocentesis, pleurodesis, ligation of thoracic duct, pleuroperitoneal shunt, radiation therapy, pleurectomy, pericardial window, pericardiectomy, thalidomide, interferon alpha 2b, Total Parenteral Nutrition ( TPN ), medium chain triglyceride ( MCT ) and high protein diet, chemotherapy, sclerotherapy, transplant;
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