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  • noun Plural form of lobectomy.

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Examples

  • Recurrent non-small cell lung cancer with bilateral lower lobectomies, ovelaid with adenoca, COPD, sarcoidosis.

    Firedoglake » Nuevo Plumbers 2006

  • The study took place over a 14-month period and included lobectomies, wedge and segmental resections.

    unknown title 2011

  • When you look at the lobectomies, wedge and segmental resections, and recognize that neither of these areas is fully optimized yet with the instrument set.

    unknown title 2011

  • Results showed the three - and five-year survival rates for the patient group who underwent lobectomies without RT were 58.1 percent and 50.3 percent, respectively.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Researchers retrospectively evaluated the outcomes of 247 stage I SCLC patients who underwent lobectomies; these cases were identified using the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Temporal lobectomies cure many epilepsy cases but factors limit patients from taking advantage of this option.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • If I remember the passage correctly -- I read this a couple of decades ago, I think -- Thoreau said to him, deadpan, "Oh yes, I've been meaning to do a couple of lobectomies one of these days when I get the time."

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • Many patients rely on their physician to refer them to the best course of action, and they never learn about the successes we are having with temporal lobectomies. "

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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