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Excision
Known as:
removal surgical procedure
, ectomy
, removals
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The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ.
National Institutes of Health
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Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology
Surgery specialty
epididymectomy
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Adrenalectomy
Appendectomy
Cervicectomy
Cholecystectomy procedure
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Resection of Local Recurrence of Rectal Cancer: Results
W. Law
,
K. Chu
World Journal of Surgery
2000
Corpus ID: 10977917
Abstract. Locally recurrent rectal cancer is a difficult clinical problem, and surgical resection can be done only in selected…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Ammonia toxicity resulting from glycine absorption during a transurethral resection of the prostate.
R. Roesch
,
R. Stoelting
,
J. Lingeman
,
R. Kahnoski
,
D. J. Backes
,
S. A. Gephardt
Anesthesiology
1983
Corpus ID: 29037305
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Abdominosacral resection for midrectal cancer. A fifteen-year experience.
S. A. Localio
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K. Eng
,
G. Coppa
Annals of Surgery
1983
Corpus ID: 25383604
From 1966 to 1981, 646 patients underwent resection for primary adenocarcinoma of the rectum by one surgeon (S.A.L.) in one…
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1983
1983
The appearances on computed tomography after abdominoperineal resection for carcinoma of the rectum: a comparison between the normal appearances and those of recurrence.
R. Reznek
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F. White
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J. Young
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I. K. Fry
,
R. Nicholls
British Journal of Radiology
1983
Corpus ID: 43764992
Computed tomography is well recognised as a means of showing recurrent tumour in patients who have undergone abdominoperineal…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Crohn's disease. A long-term study of the clinical course in 186 patients.
L. Bergman
,
U. Krause
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
1977
Corpus ID: 28019573
A series of 186 patients with Crohn's disease treated during the period 1956--1968 was followed up. During the follow-up period…
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Changes in sucrase, enterokinase, and peptide hydrolase after intestinal resection. The association of cellular hyperplasia and adaptation.
D. McCarthy
,
Y. S. Kim
Journal of Clinical Investigation
1973
Corpus ID: 10622841
In a study of changes in digestive enzymes after massive intestinal resection and the mechanisms by which such changes occur…
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Review
1973
Review
1973
Cell turnover following small bowel resection and by-pass.
R. Dowling
,
M. Gleeson
Digestion
1973
Corpus ID: 46765288
Changes in epithelial cell turnover play a central role in the regenerative response of the residual small intestine after…
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Review
1955
Review
1955
Cervical sympathetic ganglionectomy and aqueous flow.
E. Linnér
,
E. Prijot
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
1955
Corpus ID: 19632616
The role of the sympathetic nervous system for the regulation of intraocular pressure has been studied by many investigators…
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Highly Cited
1950
Highly Cited
1950
Experimental resection of the trachea.
Ferguson Dj
,
Wild Jj
,
Wangensteen Oh
1950
Corpus ID: 77744948
Highly Cited
1942
Highly Cited
1942
TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF MALIGNANT LESIONS OF THE PROSTATE GLAND
G. J. Thompson
1942
Corpus ID: 72598333
The attending physician may be asked many difficult questions by the patient afflicted with a malignant process of the prostate…
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