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A lobectomy is a type of lung cancer surgery in which one lobe of a lung is removed. (The right lung has three lobes, and the left lung has two lobes.) A lobectomy is also occasionally performed for other conditions, such as tuberculosis, severe COPD, or trauma that interrupts major blood vessels near the lungs.
Each lobe of the lungs has the same function: delivering oxygen into the bloodstream and removing carbon dioxide. Sections of lobe or entire lobes can be removed as a treatment for conditions such as lung cancer, tuberculosis, and emphysema.