Segmental resection

Segmental resection (or segmentectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove part of an organ or gland, as a sub-type of a resection, which might involve removing the whole body part. It may also be used to remove a tumor and normal tissue around it. In lung cancer surgery, segmental resection refers to removing a section of a lobe of the lung. The resection margin is the edge of the removed tissue; it is important that this shows free of cancerous cells on examination by a pathologist.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".

External links

Segmental resection entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Surgery of the digestive system

Esophagus / Stomach	Resection Bariatric surgery

Abdomen	Debulking Hernia repair

Liver / Pancreas / Gallbladder / Biliary tract	Liver transplantation Resection Resection Whipple procedure Cholecystectomy

Small intestine	Resection Strictureplasty Transplantation Diversion - Ileostomy Loop ileostomy

Colon	Appendectomy Resection Abdominoperineal resection Lower anterior resection Colectomy Hemicolectomy Adhesions Diversion - Colostomy Hartmann's operation

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