Wedge resection (lung)

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Wedge resection of the lung is a surgical operation where a part of a lung is removed. It is done to remove a localized portion of diseased lung, such as early stage lung cancer.<ref name="pmid16401982">,

 History of limited resection for non-small cell lung cancer, 
 Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 
 2005,
 Vol. 11(Issue: 6),
 pp. 356–62,
 
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