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resection
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re·sec·tion  (r-skshn)
n.
Surgical removal of all or part of an organ, tissue, or structure.
resection  (r-skshn)
Surgical removal of all or part of an organ, tissue, or structure. A wedge resection is removal of a piece of tissue that is triangularly shaped.
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Noun1.resection - surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
transurethral resection of the prostate, TURP - removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)


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En bloc resection of our patient's tumor would have required tracheal resection and esophagectomy, and it would have resulted in significant morbidity and poor quality of life.
Management of paratracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma by Osborne, Ryan F. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
He underwent wide local excision with an en bloc resection of the parotid gland (figure 1, B), a bilobed cervicofacial rotation flap procedure (double transposition flap with a shared base), and a partial auriculectomy.
Reconstruction of a massive facial cutaneous defect with a bilobed ... by Osborne, Ryan / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The patient underwent an uneventful en bloc resection of the tumor.
Radiation-induced carotid artery stenosis by Osborne, Ryan F. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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