Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit | Auckland | Te Toka Tumai | Te Whatu Ora

Street Address

CVICU/CVHDU
Building 32 Level 4
Auckland City Hospital
2 Park Road
Grafton
Auckland 1023

Contact Details

Phone (09) 375 7100
Email ADHBCVICU@adhb.govt.nz

Decortication

Removal or the stripping off of a thick fibrous membrane (scar tissue) that develops over the visceral pleura. This constricts the lung and interferes with lung expansion.

https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/public/intensive-care/cardiothoracic-and-vascular-intensive-care/