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Lobectomy
The right lung is made up of the right upper, middle, and lower lobes. The left lung is made up the the upper and lower lobes and a portion that is called the lingula. A lobectomy is the removal of one of these lobes.
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Severe post lobectomy pain
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How long does pain last after a lobectomy?
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Can someone become very sick from a lobectomy?
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What is the definition or description of: lobectomy?
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What kind of complications can occur awhile after lobectomy?
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What's a frontal lobectomy?
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Anyone survive right hepatic lobectomy?
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How to treat pneumonia from home after a lobectomy?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could i go into the medical field after a left temporal lobectomy?
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A 38-year old asked:
What is the process of thyroid lobectomy?
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When does someone need a thyroid lobectomy?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Can having a right temporal lobectomy cause short term memory damage?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Dx stage 2B NSCLC 6 months ago, lobectomy. Too late to do adjuvant chemo?
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A 32-year old asked:
What are the side effects of having a thyroid lobectomy?
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A 33-year old asked:
Could temporal lobectomy result in residual depression?
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A 48-year old asked:
Which type of risk am i taking by not having a thyroid lobectomy to diagnose a nodule?
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A 52-year old male asked:
If someone has thyroid symptoms, and thyroid drugs don't work, is a partial lobectomy advised?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Is it possible, that stage 3lung cancer , squamous cell can live longer than 5 yrs? After having lobectomy.
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A 18-year old male asked:
I'm 19 and i had lobectomy 5 years ago for i had a borderline tumor. No tumor has recurred so far but should I consdier my body cancer-susceptible?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Is temporal lobectomy surgery the only cure for petit mal.
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A 62-year old female asked:
I recently had a partial thyroid lobectomy done about two weeks ago. Is it normal for the stomach to swell?
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A 72-year old female asked:
I have just received results of the biopsy of four lymph nodes after a lobectomy. One has cancer, how serious is this?
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A 35-year old asked:
What happens during temporal lobectomy epilepsy surgery?
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What can you tell me about temporal lobectomy epilepsy surgery?
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A 49-year old asked:
Could it be a possibility to have scar tissue pain a year and a half after thyroid lobectomy?
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A 49-year old asked:
What happens if someone with mesial temporal sclerosis (mts) does not want anterior temporal lobectomy?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the recovery time on lung cancer lobectomy?
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A 43-year old asked:
How effective is a lobectomy for treating lung cancer?
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A 48-year old asked:
How soon after lung cancer lobectomy can I go back to work?
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A female asked:
I'd like to know the adhesion rate after lung lobectomy, and indication of adhesion.
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