lobectomy in A Sentence

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    Lobectomy: An entire lobe of the lung is removed.

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    Lobectomy- where one or more large parts of the lung(called lobes) are removed.

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    Complications of Lobectomy include the risk of infection and even a small risk of death.

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    Lobectomy is a common procedure that has become increasingly safe over the years, he says.

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    Of the 4,069 patients studied, the majority underwent Lobectomy, while 16 percent had sublobar resection and 11 percent received SBRT.

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    From 1983 to 2000, they performed 180 operations in 172 patients; of these, 98 were lobectomies, and 82 were pneumonectomies.

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    In the new study, the 30-day mortality was 1.9 percent for Lobectomy, 1.7 percent for sublobar resection, and 0.5 percent for SBRT.

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    The researchers found that, five years after treatment, 23 percent of the patients in the Lobectomy group had died compared with 32 percent of patients who had sublobar resection and 45 percent of the radiation therapy patients.

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