postpneumonectomy

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English

Etymology

From post- +‎ pneumonectomy.

Adjective

postpneumonectomy (not comparable)

  1. After pneumonectomy.
    • 2015 June 1, Venkatraman S Bhat et al., “Spontaneous Chest Wall Interstitial Emphysema Secondary to Chronic Empyema Thoracis”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, volume 9, →DOI:
      We report a case of PN arising as complication of postpneumonectomy empyema (PPE) secondary to broncho-pleural fistula.