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