Removing one lobe (lobectomy) Lobectomy means removing one lobe of the lung. Your surgeon will recommend this type of operation if the cancer is just in one part of one lung. It is the most common type of operation for early stage lung cancer. Removing two lobes (bilobectomy) This means removing two lobes of the lung. Removing the whole lung

A partial thyroidectomy means your surgeon removes part of your thyroid gland. Doctors also call this operation a lobectomy or a hemithyroidectomy. The surgeon removes: half of your thyroid gland (one lobe) the bridge of thyroid tissue connecting the 2 thyroid lobes (the isthmus) You sometimes have this operation to diagnose your thyroid cancer.

Lung cancer diagnosis and management. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2019 (updated 22 September 2022)

Lung cancer diagnosis and management. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2019 (updated 22 September 2022)

Liver resection and lobectomy. Removing the cancer and the surrounding tissues in your liver is called a resection. Your surgeon is only likely to consider a resection if: the cancer is small; your liver is healthy; the cancer hasn’t grown into the blood vessels; Your surgeon might remove a …

This is an operation to remove the area of cancer and some of the surrounding breast tissue. It's also called a wide local excision or lumpectomy. Find out more about this breast cancer surgery.

This information is for people who are having part of their liver removed. Your doctor might call this a liver resection or a lobectomy. We have separate information if you are having a liver transplant for liver cancer. As with any operation, there is a risk of complications.

This information is for people who are having part of their liver removed. Your doctor might call this a liver resection or a lobectomy. We have separate information if you are having a liver transplant for liver cancer. In intensive care you have one to one nursing care. In the high dependency unit you have very close nursing care.

This information is for people who are having part of their liver removed. Your doctor might call this a liver resection or a lobectomy. We have separate information if you are a liver transplant for liver cancer. Tests to check you are fit for surgery. You have tests before your operation to check: your fitness for a general anaesthetic

Lung cancer: diagnosis and management. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2019 (updated 22 September 2022)