Lobectomy

LOBECTOMY - Surgical removal of all or part of a lung. Indicated in some cases of lung cancer, lung abscess, and localized pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Lobectomy. Removal of one of the lobes of the lung is called lobectomy. The patient's lung function must be adequate before undergoing this procedure.
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Lobectomy or segmental, wedge, or sleeve resection as appropriate.
Radiation therapy with curative intent (for potentially resectable patients who have medical contraindications to surgery).
Adjuvant chemotherapy after resection.
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surgery - surgery is used to remove as much of the tumor as possible either by lobectomy or subtotal thyroidectomy.
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Lobar Sclerosis (Pick's Disease)
Lobectomy (Lung Surgery)
Lobster Plant (Poinsettia)
Lobular Capillary Hemangioma (Pyogenic Granuloma)
Lobular GN (Membranoproliferative GN I) ...
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Wedge resection - Removal of only a small part of the lung
Lobectomy - Removal of one lobe of the lung
Pneumonectomy - Removal of the entire lung ...
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EDWARD S. KIM, MD: The early-stage lung cancer is treated with surgery and, generally, this is at least with a lobectomy.
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When the tumour is away from the centre of the chest and there's little or no spread (NSCLC), surgery is often used. A small part of the lung may be removed (wedge resection), or a lobe of the lung (lobectomy) or an entire lung (pneumonectomy).
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Very severe illness (as with persistent blood infection): Intravenous antibiotics including chloramphenicol.
If sputum cultures remain positive for 6 months: Surgical removal of the lung abscess with lobectomy is considered.
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When this procedure isn't available, surgeons are likely to remove the lobe of the thyroid that contains the nodule (lobectomy) and send it to a pathologist, who examines it under a microscope.
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