Lobectomy

Not to be confused with Lobotomy.
Lobectomy
Removal of a giant hepatocellular adenoma via lobectomy of left liver lobe
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[1] (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).

  1. ^ Rocco G, Internullo E, Cassivi SD, Van Raemdonck D, Ferguson MK (August 2008). "The variability of practice in minimally invasive thoracic surgery for pulmonary resections". Thoracic Surgery Clinics. 18 (3): 235–47. doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.06.002. PMID 18831498.