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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: Two common ways to do surgery on your lungs are thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).
If a cancer or lesion is within a lobe of the lung, removal of the involved lobe may be indicated.
Removal of an entire lung is a pneumonectomy. One common reason for this procedure would be lung cancer. There are many different types of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. Treatment depends on the stage of the cancer.