lobectomy
Sign in to savethumb|Vascular, bronchial and parenchymal margins of a lobectomy, showing staple line of bronchial margin being removed with scissors. Lobectomy means surgical excision of a lobe. This may refer to a lobe of the lung (also simply called a lobectomy), a lobe of the thyroid (hemithyroidectomy), a lobe of the brain (as in anterior temporal lobectomy), or a lobe of the liver (hepatectomy). __TOC__
Key facts
- Medical intervention.name
- Lobectomy
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- Liver lobectomy 02.jpg
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- Removal of a giant hepatocellular adenoma via lobectomy of left liver lobe
- Medical intervention.specialty
- Cardiothoracic surgery
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Medical uses
- Lung lobectomy
- Contraindications
- Techniques
- Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Lobectomy
- Robotic-Assisted Lobectomy
- References
- External links
thumb|Vascular, bronchial and parenchymal margins of a lobectomy, showing staple line of bronchial margin being removed with scissors. Lobectomy means surgical excision of a lobe. This may refer to a lobe of the lung (also simply called a lobectomy), a lobe of the thyroid (hemithyroidectomy), a lobe of the brain (as in anterior temporal lobectomy), or a lobe of the liver (hepatectomy). __TOC__
== Medical uses ==