Editing Decortication (section)

{{Short description|Surgical removal of a protective outer layer of an organ}}
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'''Decortication''' is a [[medicine|medical]] procedure involving the [[surgery|surgical]] removal of the surface layer, [[Biological membrane|membrane]], or fibrous cover of an [[organ (anatomy)|organ]].  The procedure is usually performed when the [[lung]] is covered by a thick, inelastic [[pulmonary pleura|pleural peel]] restricting lung expansion.  In a non-medical aspect, decortication is the removal of the bark, husk, or outer layer, or peel of an object.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/D0080600.html ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302160913/http://www.bartleby.com/61/6/D0080600.html |date=2008-03-02 }}. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company</ref> It may also be done in the treatment of [[chronic laryngitis]]. It is the primary treatment for [[fibrothorax]].
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