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  2. Excision - Wikipedia

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    Excision may refer to: In surgery, the partial removal of an organ, tissue, bone or tumor from a body; Type II female genital mutilation; A term used by the Australian government as part of its definition of the Australian migration zone; Excision theorem in algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics

  3. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Ganglionectomy is the excision of a ganglion. Gastrectomy is the partial or full removal of the stomach. Gingivectomy is the removal of gums. Glossectomy is the removal of part or all of the tongue. Gonadectomy is the removal of the gonads.

  4. Prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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    Prostatectomy (from the Greek προστάτης prostátēs, "prostate" and ἐκτομή ektomē, "excision") is the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland. This operation is done for benign conditions that cause urinary retention, as well as for prostate cancer and for other cancers of the pelvis.

  5. Radical surgery - Wikipedia

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    Radical surgery, also called radical dissection, is surgery that is more extensive than "conservative" surgery.. In surgical oncology, radical surgery is surgery intended to remove both a tumor and any metastases thereof, for diagnostic and/or treatment purposes. [1]

  6. Surgery - Wikipedia

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    Surgery [a] is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands ...

  7. Excision (surgery) - Wikipedia

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  8. Total mesorectal excision - Wikipedia

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    Total mesorectal excision (TME) is a standard surgical technique for treatment of rectal cancer, first described in 1982 by Professor Bill Heald at the UK's Basingstoke District Hospital. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a precise dissection of the mesorectal envelope comprising rectum containing the tumour together with all the surrounding fatty tissue and ...

  9. Category:Surgical removal procedures - Wikipedia

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    Wide local excision This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 15:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...