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Sleeve resection

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007816

Surgery to remove a lung tumor in a lobe of the lung and a part of the main bronchus (airway). The ends of the bronchus are rejoined and any remaining lobes are reattached to the bronchus. This surgery is done to save part of the lung. Also called sleeve lobectomy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007816
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymssleeve lobectomy
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007816",
  "term": "Sleeve resection",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Surgery to remove a lung tumor in a lobe of the lung and a part of the main bronchus (airway). The ends of the bronchus are rejoined and any remaining lobes are reattached to the bronchus. This surgery is done to save part of the lung. Also called sleeve lobectomy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "sleeve lobectomy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/sleeve-resection/"
}

Record 15,074 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.