noun
definition
The surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain
Examples of lobectomy in a Sentence
Adults with epilepsy who were having a temporal lobectomy took part in the study.
We herein describe the case of a 46-year-old woman with primary lung cancer who underwent a left upper lobectomy.
In that sense, the technique is no different from anterior temporal lobectomy.
Sometimes half of the gland has to be removed (thyroid lobectomy) or the whole gland can be removed (total thyroidectomy ).
Of the latter, 2 patients underwent ipsilateral nephrectomy, and 1 patient had right hepatic lobectomy plus nephrectomy.
He underwent left lower lobectomy and partial resection of the upper lobe.
Temporal lobe lobectomy is the most common surgical procedure.