Vascular, bronchial and parenchymal margins of a<unk> , showing staple line of bronchial margin being removed with scissors.<unk>  means surgical excision of a lobe. This may refer to a lobe of the lung (also simply called a<unk> , a lobe of the thyroid (hemithyroidectomy), a lobe of the brain (as in anterior temporal<unk> , or a lobe of the liver (hepatectomy). __TOC__
Lobectomy
Lobotomy
First rib resection
VATS lobectomy
Tracheobronchoplasty
Cricoidectomy
Turbinectomy
Aspiration therapy