Excision or removal of parts of the prefrontal lobes of the brain by surgical methods was formerly used in the treatment of certain types of mental illness.
A surgical operation to remove one of the lobes of an organ such as the lung.
Surgical procedure in which a lobe of the lung is removed; performed to treat intractable tuberculosis or bronchiectasis or to remove a malignant tumor.
An operation to remove the lobe of an organ, such as the lung, liver, thyroid gland, or brain. A lobe is a clearly defined part into which such organs are divided.
The surgical removal of a lobe of an organ or gland, such as the lung, thyroid, or brain. Lobectomy of the lung may be performed for cancer or other disease of the lung.
The operation of cutting out a lobe of the lung in such diseases as abscess of the lung, bronchiectasis and carcinoma.
The term applied to a division of an organ smaller than a lobe: for example, the lobules of the lung are of the size of millet seeds; those of the liver, slightly larger. Lobules form the smallest subdivisions or units of an organ, each lobule being similar to the others, of which there may be perhaps several hundred thousand in the organ.
The surgical removal of a lobe of any organ or gland.
A surgical procedure conducted to remove a lobe from either the liver, the lung, or the thyroid gland.
The surgical procedure to remove a lobe, such as from the brain or lung.