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lobectomy [lō′bek·tə·mē] (medicine) Surgical removal of a lobe of an organ, particularly of a lung. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Eight patients underwent en bloc resection of the tumor and surrounding structures (7 ipsilateral thyroid lobectomies and 1 subtotal thyroidectomy), and 5 underwent local excision alone. At the end of the 19th century, romantic notions about tuberculosis were replaced by scientific ideas and products: vaccines and therapies, rest cures, tonics, pneumonectomies, lobectomies, thoracoplasties, "artificial" pneumothoracies, phrenic nerve crushings, plombage, pneumatic cabinet treatments, and antiseptic injections into the pleural spaces. I've never had a death in 500 temporal lobectomies," says Michael J. |
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