A lobectomy is an operation done under general anesthesia during which an entire lobe of the lung is removed. The lungs are divided into lobes. The right lung has three lobes: upper, middle, and lower. The left lung has two lobes: the upper and lower. For example, during a left upper lobectomy, the upper lobe of the left lung is removed.
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1 A lobectomy is the surgical removal of a lobe of an organ. 2  The right lung has three lobes, and the left lung has two lobes.  Most people spend two to seven days in the hospital after a lobectomy.
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Updated by: Norman S. Kato, MD, Surgeon with the Cardiac Care Medical Group, Encino, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M.
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Having a lobectomy can stop or slow the spread of cancer, infections, and diseases. Performing this surgery may also allow your doctor to remove a portion of an organ that affects the function of other organs.
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A lobectomy is a surgery to remove one of the lobes of the lungs. The lungs have sections called lobes. The right lung has 3 lobes. The left lung has 2 lobes. A lobectomy may be done when a problem is found in just part of a lung. The affected lobe is removed, and the remaining healthy lung tissue can work as normal.
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In most cases, surgeons perform a lobectomy to remove a cancerous portion of an organ and to prevent the cancer from spreading. This may not entirely get rid of the disease, but it can eliminate the primary source of it. A lobectomy is the most common way to treat lung cancer.
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In his editorial, Surman wrote that transplantation of the right hepatic lobe has proceeded as if it were a simple extension of the more conservative partial left lobectomy procedure, which is used for adult-to-child LDLT.
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Surgeries can range from the fairly localized lobectomy, which removes a portion of the lobe of the brain in which seizures occur, to the hemispherectomy, which removes all or most of an entire hemisphere of the brain.
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A lobectomy is the surgical removal of a lobe of an organ. It most often refers to the removal of a section of the lung, but it can also refer the liver, brain, thyroid gland, or other organs. Every organ is made up of many sections that perform different, specific tasks.
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what is a lobectomy
A lobectomy is an operation done under general anesthesia during which an entire lobe of the lung is removed.  A  lobectomy is an operation done under general anesthesia during which an entire lobe of the lung is removed.