I’m not sure which operation I am having

I am having a lung removed pneumonectomy

I am having a third or a half of a lung removed lobectomy

I am having a third or a half of a lung removed but it is also affecting part of the airway sleeve resection

I am having a third or a half of a lung removed but it is also affecting part of a rib or part of my spine chest wall surgery

I am having a sample sent to see if a lump is cancer whilst I am asleep frozen section

I need a biopsy of the glands in the middle of the chest cervical mediastinoscopy or anterior mediastinoscopy

I have had cancer and need an operation to remove where it may have spread to the lung wedge resection

I am in hospital for a collapsed lung and need an operation
pneumothorax

I have had a collapsed lung and need an operation to prevent it coming back pneumothorax

I have COPD and need and operation to improve my breathing or remove a diseased part of lung  lung volume reduction surgery

I have COPD and have been offered a valve or EBV endobronchial valves

I have COPD and have been offered coils endobronchial coils

I am in hospital for a chest infection and need an operation empyema and decortication

I have fluid around my lung (pleural effusion) and need an operation to diagnose why pleural biopsy

I have fluid around my lung and need an operation to drain it and prevent it coming back pleural biopsy

I have a narrowing in my airway that is making my breathing very difficult and noisy. I need an operation to clear the blockage quickly bronchoscopy . Additional procedures such as a stent may be advised.

I have a narrowing in my airway and have been recommended to have part of the airway removed after time for detailed assessment tracheal resection