mesothelioma surgery

Mesothelioma is a rare and deadly form of cancer that may occur in some species. Mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos, a group of natural fibers, which are extremely dangerous when inhaled, the fibers. When they are inhaled fibers deposited in the alveoli of the lungs and, over time, these fibers to the tissue and cells abnormal and cause mesothelioma cancer. Pleural mesothelioma is the most common form of mesothelioma cancer, mesothelioma, accounting for around 75% of cases.The next most common, peritoneal mesothelioma, 20% of all mesothelioma cases and pericardial mesothelioma accounts for the remaining 5%. Pleural mesothelioma affects the lining of the lungs, the peritoneal mesothelioma attacks the peritoneum, the lining of the abdomen and pericardial mesothelioma affects the tissue surrounding the heart.

Aggressive mesothelioma surgery may only be entered with the highest mesothelioma patients because weaker patients are at risk of death in the first month after surgery. An experienced doctor will evaluate the patient before deciding that surgery is the best treatment possible. He takes into account age, medical history, disabilities, allergies, no, not weight. The operation will take place. Mesothelioma surgery consists of cutting the patient open and removing most of the cancer inside the lungs, abdomen or the heart of long-term effort to control the cancer. Because of its proximity to the cancer to vital organs in the body of the operation can only be carried out by experienced surgeons. Is there a chance that the patient dies during surgery.The second type of mesothelioma surgery is called palliative procedure. This is a much less dangerous and aggressive form of surgery that does not even attempt a long-term control of cancer. Palliative procedures designed to reduce the symptoms of the patient, where it is almost certain that the patient will inevitably die of cancer.