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lobectomy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation |
Examples of lobectomy
lobectomy
Doctors removed his medial temporal lobe bilaterally by doing a temporal lobectomy.
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Thoracoscopic lobectomy is performed through two or three small incisions in the side of the chest.
From the sciencedaily.com
The patient underwent the anterior temporal lobectomy including the removal of vascular malformation.
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The mapping was done prior to an operation called a temporal lobectomy which reduces severe seizures.
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Temporal lobectomy is often used to control MTLE.
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Van Deren, 49, had a lobectomy in 1997.
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However, it was not until 2001 that a scientifically sound study was performed on the effectiveness of temporal lobectomy.
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In a temporal lobectomy, the most common epilepsy procedure, about 4 centimeters of the temporal lobe are removed.
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In patients with adequate respiratory reserve, lobectomy is the preferred option, as this minimizes the chance of local recurrence.
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- Surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)
- Lobectomy means surgical excision of a lobe. This may refer to a lobe of the lung, a lobe of the thyroid (hemithyroidectomy), or a lobe of the brain (as in anterior temporal lobectomy).
- Lobectomy of the lung is a surgical operation where a lobe of the lung is removed. It is done to remove a portion of diseased lung, such as early stage lung cancer.
- Surgery to remove a lobe of an organ--usually the lung.
- The surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body, including the brain, lung, and thyroid. Lobes are the roundish, projected parts of an organ. But they also are used as ways to divide different functions of organs, such as frontal lobes and parietal lobes of the brain. ...
- A surgical procedure in which the lobe of a lung is removed.
- The right lung has three lobes, and the left lung has two lobes. A lobectomy removes an entire lobe of lung containing the cancer (tumor).
