Mesothelioma Surgery

Surgery, by itself, has proved disappointing. However, research indiates varied success when used in combination with radation and cheemotherapy (Duke, 2008) A pleurectomy/decortication is the most common surgery, in which the lining of the chest is removed. Less common is an extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP), in which the lung, lining of the inside of the chest, the hemi-diaphragm and the pericardium are removed.