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What is a lobectomy?

What is a lobectomy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (surgery) The surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain
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The following day he underwent the four-hour operation known as a lobectomy.
A left lower lobectomy was performed, and sectioning of the lung demonstrated a 1.3-cm firm, tan-pink mass which was representatively frozen.
On day 3, right temporal lobectomy was performed.
The patient was subsequently referred to our hospital, where he underwent thoracotomy with left upper lobectomy and partial pericardiectomy.
A left lower lobectomy with arterial ligation was performed.
The patient underwent right hepatic lobectomy with total resection of the lesions based on surgical exploration and intraoperative ultrasound examination.

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