pleurectomy

Another option is surgical pleurectomy, but this procedure requires general anesthesia.

It was clear the medical staff knew that a pleurectomy is a painful procedure, with the lining of the chest wall being peeled off.

Another option is pleurectomy, removal of the part of the pleura that lines the chest.

Early application of surgical techniques such as pleural abrasion, pleurodesis, or pleurectomy must be avoided because these treatments might limit future lung transplantation.

The surgical treatments usually involve pleurodesis (in which the layers of pleura are induced to stick together) or pleurectomy (the surgical removal of pleural membranes).

Flores RM, Alam N. Treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma: pleurectomy with adjuvant therapy.