resection Definition
re·sec·tion (ri sek′s̸hən)
noun
- Surgery the removal of part of an organ, bone, etc.
- Surveying a method of determining the location of a point by taking observations from it to points of known location
Etymology: L resectio < resectus: see resect
resection Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- endometrium: Uterine malignancy that had not been diagnosed at transcervical resection of the endometrium was present at hysterectomy in two women.
- metastasis: Radical resection of selected bone metastases not only improves quality of life for patients, it also leads to good long-term outcomes.
- prostate: Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis should probably be given to men undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate.
- polyp: AB - A double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III cancer prevention trial in subjects with previous resection of adenomatous colon polyps is nearing completion.
- tumor: Of 8 patients, 7 underwent resection of the residual tumor.
- carcinoma: Thus, after transurethral resection of a superficial carcinoma of the urinary bladder, aftercare focuses on follow-up cystoscopy.
Converse of object
undergo: Of 8 patients, 7 underwent resection of the residual tumor.
Preposition: for
carcinoma: Patterns of recurrence and survival after laparoscopic and conventional resections for colorectal carcinoma.
Adjective modifier
- transurethral: Transurethral resection of the tumor in the urinary bladder was performed.
- curative: A curative hepatic resection may be possible in selected patients.
- transcervical: Short form 36 scores were also improved in both arms, although only transcervical resection returned them to normal values.
- endoscopic: Our objective was to determine the efficacy of aggressive endoscopic resection of IP.
- surgical: Surgical resection for the rare isolated lung disease may be possible.
- hepatic: A curative hepatic resection may be possible in selected patients.
Noun used with modifier
- subtotal: RESULTS: Ten patients had radical total resection and one had subtotal resection.
- bowel: For someone who has had a large bowel resection a return to their previous dietary pattern should be possible.
- tumor: All patients then underwent a planned radical tumor resection.
- lobe: In the 1950s, Falconer at the Maudsley Hospital described anatomical temporal lobe resection.
- wedge: You can have a wedge resection of the breast or of the lung, for example.
- bloc: RESULTS: A radical en bloc resection of the tumor was only possible in 26 out of 60 cases.
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