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Excision

Known as: removal surgical procedure, ectomy, removals 
The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ.
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AdrenalectomyAppendectomyCervicectomyCholecystectomy procedure

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Recurring intracranial meningiomas. Evaluation of some factors predisposing for tumor recurrence.
60 cases of recurring meningiomas are analyzed in respect to factors influencing the risk of tumor recurrence. In our series of… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Abdominosacral resection for midrectal cancer. A fifteen-year experience.
From 1966 to 1981, 646 patients underwent resection for primary adenocarcinoma of the rectum by one surgeon (S.A.L.) in one… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Ammonia toxicity resulting from glycine absorption during a transurethral resection of the prostate.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Excision of X-ray-induced thymine damage in chromatin from heated cells.
Experiments were performed to distinguish between two possible modes of hyperthermia-induced inhibition of thymine base damage… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Crohn's disease. A long-term study of the clinical course in 186 patients.
A series of 186 patients with Crohn's disease treated during the period 1956--1968 was followed up. During the follow-up period… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Changes in sucrase, enterokinase, and peptide hydrolase after intestinal resection. The association of cellular hyperplasia and adaptation.
In a study of changes in digestive enzymes after massive intestinal resection and the mechanisms by which such changes occur… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Cell turnover following small bowel resection and by-pass.
Changes in epithelial cell turnover play a central role in the regenerative response of the residual small intestine after… 
Review
1955
Review
1955
Cervical sympathetic ganglionectomy and aqueous flow.
The role of the sympathetic nervous system for the regulation of intraocular pressure has been studied by many investigators… 
Highly Cited
1950
Highly Cited
1950
Experimental resection of the trachea.
Highly Cited
1942
Highly Cited
1942
TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF MALIGNANT LESIONS OF THE PROSTATE GLAND
The attending physician may be asked many difficult questions by the patient afflicted with a malignant process of the prostate… 
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